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In the beginning, said a Persian poet—Allah took a rose, a lily, a dove, a serpent, a little honey, a Dead Sea apple, and a handful of clay. When he looked at the amalgam—it was a woman.

— William Sharp

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The gray silence, the gray waves, the gray wastes of the sea.

Down beyond the haven the tide comes with a shout.

Across the silent stream
Where the dream-shadows go,
From the dim blue Hill of Dream
I have heard the west wind blow.

I hear the little children of the wind
Crying solitary in lonely places.

Love is a beautiful dream.

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