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STAGES OF GRIEF WHICH LEAD TORESIGNATION FOLLOWED BY FLICKRS OFKNOWLADGE AND HAPPINESS

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 O man! Take heed!

What saith deep midnight's voice indeed?

"I slept my sleep—

"From deepest dream I've woke and plead:—

"The world is deep,

"And deeper than the day could read."Deep is its woe—

"Joy—deeper still than grief can be:

"Woe saith: Hence! Go!

"But joys all want eternity—

"Want deep profound eternity!"

 Beautiful heaven, true heaven, look how I change!After such arrogance, after so much strange

Idleness -- strange, yet full of potency --

I am all open to these shining spaces;

Over the homes of the dead my shadow passes,Ghosting along -- a ghost subduing me.

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My soul laid bare to your midsummer fire,

O just, impartial light whom I admire,