“Seeing her lips from smiling sweep,
He shivers in the mirror,
As he pursues her in her sleep
To hold her spirit dearer.”
“Indeed, I shall be born in sin,
By novel law abiding;
To the eternity I’m kin,
From it I’ll be dividing.” (The Vesper)
“And dying for – who’s really worth?
Just turn around and travel
Back to that ever-drifting Earth
And watch your fate unravel.” (Hyperion)
“But unlike then, he does not fold
Into the sea from farther:
“What do you care, you earthly mould,
Whether it’s I or other?” (The Vesper)
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