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The Emblem
That Name engraved in love, Secret, withheld, detained, Is now my emblem, see The warm heart of the dove, In lunar silence move And see the parting air Grow cool, and sharp, and high, Unsupportable mystery! The withdrawn eyes are free To gaze on ecstasy That asks no joy but this, That has no glance, nor kiss j But learns a rich content From dire impoverishment, Now, learnéd heart confess How free is your duress, The mind's avid prayer Grows flesh, and mounts the stair Such magic has the Name And in an extreme of passion, I make a world, I fashion A charm against the world That none may penetrate And thus defying fate, Transcending agony Impatiently I wait.