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A Dew sufficed
itself
And satisfied a Leaf
And thought, how vast
a Destiny -
How trivial is Life.
The Sun went out
to work
The Day went out to
play
And not again that
Dew be seen
By Physiognomy -
Whether by Day abducted
Or Emptied by the sun
Into the Sea in passing,
Eternally Unknown -
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