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deep
Than we mortals dream,
Or how could thy notes flow in such a
crystal stream?
We look before and after,
And pine for what is not;
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught;
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of
saddest thought.
Yet, if we could scorn
Hate and pride and fear,
If we were things born
Not to shed a tear,
I know not how thy joy we ever should come near.
Better than all measures
Of delightful sound,
Better than all treasures
That in books are found,
Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the
ground!
Teach me half the gladness
That thy brain must know,
Such harmonious madness

From my lips would flow
The world should listen then as I am
listening now.
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