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Letter VIII A Vision	A
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Yes I will tell thee what a week ago	B
I dreamt of thee and all the joy therein	C
Which I conceiv'd and all the holy din	C
Of throbbing music which appear'd to flow	B
From room to room as if to make me know	B
The power thereof to lead me out of sin	C
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Methought I saw thee in a ray of light	D
This side a grove a dream within a dream	E
With eyes of tender pleading and the gleam	E
Of far off summers in thy tresses bright	D
And I did tremble at the gracious sight	D
As one who sees a na ad in a stream	E
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I follow'd thee I knew that in the wood	F
Where thus we met there was a trysting place	G
I follow'd thee as mortals in a chase	G
Follow the deer I knew that it was good	F
To track thy step and promptly understood	F
The fitful blush that flutter'd to thy face	G
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IV	H
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I followed thee to where a brook did run	A
Close to a grot and there I knelt to thee	I
And then a score of birds flew over me	I
Birds which arrived because the day was done	A
To sing the Sanctus of the setting sun	A
And then I heard thy voice upon the lea	I
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V	I
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Follow it cried I rose and follow'd fast	J
And in my dream I felt the dream was true	K
And that full soon Titania with her crew	K
Of imps and fays would meet me on the blast	J
But this was hindered and I quickly passed	J
Into the valley where the cedars grew	K
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VI	H
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And what a scene O God and what repose	L
And what sad splendour in the burning west	M
A languid sun low dropping to his rest	M
And incense rising as of old it rose	L
To do him honour at the daylight's close	N
The birds entranced and all the winds repress'd	M
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VII	H
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I followed thee I came to where a shrine	O
Stood in the trees and where an oaken gate	P
Swung in the air so turbulent of late	P
I touch'd thy hand it quiver'd into mine	O
And then I look'd into thy face benign	O
And saw the smile for which the angels wait	P
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VIII	H
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And lo the moon had sailed into the main	Q
Of that blue sky as if therein did poise	R
A silver boat and then a tuneful noise	R
Broke from the copse where late a breeze was slain	Q
And nightingales in ecstasy of pain	Q
Did break their hearts with singing the old joys	R
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IX	R
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Is this the spot I cried is this the spot	S
Where I must tell thee all my heart's desire	T
Is this the time when I must drink the fire	T
And eat the snow and find it fever hot	S
I freeze with heat and yet I fear it not	S
And all my pulses thrill me like a lyre	U
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X	R
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A wondrous light was thrown upon thy face	R
It was the light within it was the ray	V
Of thine own soul And then a voice did say	V
Glory to God the King and Jesu's grace	R
Here and hereafter and about the place	R
A radiance shone surpassing that of day	V
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XI	R
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It was thy voice It was the voice I prize	R
More than the sound of April in the dales	R
More than the songs of larks and nightingales	R
And more than the teachings of the worldly wise	R
Glory to God it said for in the skies	R
And here on earth 'tis He alone prevails	R
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XII	R
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And then I asked thee Shall I tell thee now	W
All that I think of when by land and sea	R
The days and nights illume the world for me	R
And how I muse on marriage as I bow	W
In God's own places with a throbbing brow	W
And how at night I dream of kissing thee	R
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XIII	R
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But thou did'st answer First behold this man	X
He is thy lord for love's and lady's sake	Y
He is thy master or I much mistake	Y
And I perceiv'd hard by a phantom wan	Z
And wild and kingly who did walking span	X
The open space that lay beside the brake	Y
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XIV	H
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It was Beethoven It was he who came	A2
From monstrous shades to journey yet awhile	B2
In pleasant nooks and vainly seek the smile	B2
Of one lov'd woman she to whom his fame	A2
Had been a glory had she sought the same	A2
And lov'd a soul so grand so free from guile	B2
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XV	H
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It was the Kaiser of the land of song	C2
The giant singer who did storm the gates	R
Of Heaven and Hell a man to whom the Fates	R
Were fierce as furies and who suffer'd wrong	C2
And ached and bore it and was brave and strong	C2
But gaunt as ocean when its rage abates	R
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XVI	H
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I knew his tread I knew him by his look	D2
Of pent up sorrow by his hair unkempt	E2
And torn attire and by his smile exempt	E2
From all but pleading Yet his body shook	D2
With some great joy and onward he betook	D2
His echoing steps the way that I had dreamt	F2
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XVII	H
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I bow'd my head The lordly being pass'd	J
He was my king and I did bow to him	G2
And when I rais'd mine eyes they were as dim	G2
As tears could make them And the moon aghast	J
Glared in the sky and westward came a blast	J
Which shook the earth like shouts of cherubim	G2
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XVIII	H
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I held my breath I could have fled the place	R
As men have fled before the wrath of God	H2
But I beheld my Lady where she trod	H2
The darken'd path and I did cry apace	R
Help me my Lady and thy lustrous face	R
Gladden'd the air and quicken'd all the sod	H2
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XIX	R
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Then did I hear again that voice of cheer	I2
Lovest thou me it said or music best	M
I seized thy hand I drew thee to my breast	M
Thee only thee I cried From year to year	I2
Thee only thee not fame And silver clear	I2
Thy voice responded God will grant the rest	M
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XX	R
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I kiss'd thine eyes I kiss'd them where the blue	K
Peep'd smiling forth and proudly as before	J2
I heard the tones that thrill'd me to the core	J2
If thou love me they said if thou be true	K
Thou shalt have fame and love and music too	K
Entranced I kiss'd the lips that I adore	J2