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The Winged Beetle
The Winged Beetle (1910), PDF p. 96
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THE EYES OF DOROTHY
O MISTRESS of a myriad mysteries !
I can remember every curve and span
Of every lovely thing ; I have the plan
Of every crested crag and maze of ice
That ever I beheld ; then what device,
Strange sorceress, has barred me with its ban
From you ? How is it, mistress, that I can
Remember nothing of you but your eyes ?
Your eyes ! Live arrows with a thousand deaths
Armed ! Suns of poison, menacing the wreaths
Of bay and myrtle that you twined ! Dread spies
Of Satan that unveil the God in me,
And strip it naked with their mockery !
Death ! will you never take away your eyes ?
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