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Black trees against an orange sky	A
Trees that the wind shook terribly	B
Like a harsh spume along the road	C
Quavering up like withered arms	D
Writhing like streams like twisted charms	D
Of hot lead flung in snow Below	E
The iron ice stung like a goad	C
Slashing the torn shoes from my feet	F
And all the air was bitter sleet	F
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And all the land was cramped with snow	E
Steel strong and fierce and glimmering wan	G
Like pale plains of obsidian	H
And yet I strove and I was fire	I
And ice and fire and ice were one	H
In one vast hunger of desire	I
A dim desire of pleasant places	J
And lush fields in the summer sun	H
And logs aflame and walls and faces	J
And wine and old ambrosial talk	K
A golden ball in fountains dancing	L
And unforgotten hands Ah God	M
I trod them down where I have trod	M
And they remain and they remain	N
Etched in unutterable pain	N
Loved lips and faces now apart	O
That once were closer than my heart	O
In agony in agony	B
And horribly a part of me	B
For Lethe is for no man set	P
And in Hell may no man forget	P
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And there were flowers and jugs bright glancing	L
And old Italian swords and looks	Q
A moment's glance of fire of fire	I
Spiring leaping flaming higher	I
Into the intense the cloudless blue	R
Until two souls were one and flame	S
And very flesh and yet the same	S
As if all springs were crushed anew	R
Into one globed drop of dew	R
But for the most I thought of heat	F
Desiring greatly Hot white sand	T
The lazy body lies at rest in	U
Or sun dried scented grass to nest in	U
And fires innumerable fires	V
Great fagots hurling golden gyres	V
Of sparks far up and the red heart	O
In sea coals crashing as they part	O
To tiny flares and kindling snapping	L
Bunched sticks that burst their string and wrapping	L
And fall like jackstraws green and blue	R
The evil flames of driftwood too	R
And heavy sullen lumps of coke	W
With still fierce heat and ugly smoke	W
And then the vision of his face	V
And theirs all theirs came like a sword	X
Thrice to the heart and as I fell	Y
I thought I saw a light before	Z
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I woke My hands were blue and sore	Z
Torn on the ice I scarcely felt	A2
The frozen sleet begin to melt	A2
Upon my face as I breathed deeper	I
But lay there warmly like a sleeper	I
Who shifts his arm once and moans low	E
And then sinks back to night Slow slow	E
And still as Death came Sleep and Death	B2
And looked at me with quiet breath	B2
Unbending figures black and stark	C2
Against the intense deeps of the dark	C2
Tall and like trees Like sweet and fire	I
Rest crept and crept along my veins	V
Gently And there were no more pains	V
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Was it not better so to lie	A
The fight was done Even gods tire	I
Of fighting My way was the wrong	D2
Now I should drift and drift along	D2
To endless quiet golden peace	V
And let the tortured body cease	V
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And then a light winked like an eye	A
And very many miles away	E2
A girl stood at a warm lit door	Z
Holding a lamp Ray upon ray	E2
It cloaked the snow with perfect light	F2
And where she was there was no night	F2
Nor could be ever God is sure	G2
And in his hands are things secure	G2
It is not given me to trace	V
The lovely laughter of that face	V
Like a clear brook most full of light	F2
Or olives swaying on a height	F2
So silver they have wings almost	H2
Like a great word once known and lost	I2
And meaning all things Nor her voice	V
A happy sound where larks rejoice	V
Her body that great loveliness	V
The tender fashion of her dress	V
I may not paint them	J2
These I see	V
Blazing through all eternity	V
A fire winged sign a glorious tree	V
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She stood there and at once I knew	R
The bitter thing that I must do	R
There could be no surrender now	K2
Though Sleep and Death were whispering low	E
My way was wrong So Would it mend	L2
If I shrank back before the end	L2
And sank to death and cowardice	V
No the last lees must be drained up	M2
Base wine from an ignoble cup	M2
Yet not so base as sleek content	N2
When I had shrunk from punishment	O2
The wretched body strain anew	R
Life was a storm to wander through	R
I took the wrong way Good and well	Y
At least my feet sought out not Hell	Y
Though night were one consuming flame	S
I must go on for my base aim	S
And so perhaps make evil grow	E
To something clean by agony	V
And reach that light upon the snow	E
And touch her dress at last	P2
So so	E
I crawled I could not speak or see	V
Save dimly The ice glared like fire	I
A long bright Hell of choking cold	Q2
And each vein was a tautened wire	I
Throbbing with torture and I crawled	R2
My hands were wounds	V
So I attained	S2
The second Hell The snow was stained	S2
I thought and shook my head at it	T2
How red it was Black tree roots clutched	U2
And tore and soon the snow was smutched	U2
Anew and I lurched babbling on	G
And then fell down to rest a bit	U2
And came upon another Hell	Y
Loose stones that ice made terrible	V2
That rolled and gashed men as they fell	Y
I stumbled slipped and all was gone	W2
That I had gained Once more I lay	E2
Before the long bright Hell of ice	V
And still the light was far away	E2
There was red mist before my eyes	V
Or I could tell you how I went	U2
Across the swaying firmament	U2
A glittering torture of cold stars	V
And how I fought in Titan wars	V
And died and lived again upon	G
The rack and how the horses strain	N
When their red task is nearly done	H
	-
I only know that there was Pain	N
Infinite and eternal Pain	N
And that I fell and rose again	X2
	-
So she was walking in the road	U2
And I stood upright like a man	Y2
Once and fell blind and heard her cry	A
And then there came long agony	V
There was no pain when I awoke	W
No pain at all Rest like a goad	U2
Spurred my eyes open and light broke	W
Upon them like a million swords	V
And she was there There are no words	V
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Heaven is for a moment's span	Y2
And ever	I
So I spoke and said	U2
My honor stands up unbetrayed	U2
And I have seen you Dear	Z2
Sharp pain	N
Closed like a cloak	W
I moaned and died	U2
	-
Here even here these things remain	N
I shall draw nearer to her side	U2
	-
Oh dear and laughing lost to me	V
Hidden in grey Eternity	V
I shall attain with burning feet	U2
To you and to the mercy seat	U2
The ages crumble down like dust	U2
Dark roses deviously thrust	U2
And scattered in sweet wine but I	A
I shall lift up to you my cry	A
And kiss your wet lips presently	V
Beneath the ever living Tree	V
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This in my heart I keep for goad	U2
Somewhere in Heaven she walks that road	U2
Somewhere in Heaven she walks that road	U2

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