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Burn on, proud flesh, the heart must pound

Its fortress down, clay shift in rock,

What tree is leaf by leaf unwound,

The seasons steadily unlock.

Or, flash, to danger's raging star

The thicket will unveil its face -

A tiger crouched, or fawn to bar

With gentle look the crashing chase.

Sun burns the cloud from statue-stone,

Thought scars the image on the mind,

Beyond the bulwark of the bone

The sea leaps, furious and blind.

Cleave to your mould, breath is a gust

Wolf-warm upon a snow-cold hill.

Shine, glow-worm, lest the windy dust

Forever in your darkness spill.