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Shades are we; and of shades we weave
A trifling pleasant make-believe;
Then pass into the shadowy night,
Where formless shades blindfold the light.

— John Addington Symonds

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Gods fade; but God abides and in man’s heart
Speaks with the clear unconquerable cry
Of energies and hopes that can not die.

No seed shall perish which the soul hath sown.

These things shall be! A loftier race
Than e'er the world hath known, shall rise
With flame of freedom in their souls,
And light of science in their eyes.

O heaven-blue eyes, blonde tresses where the breeze
Plays over sunburned cheeks in sea-blown air!

O dark brown eyes! O tangles of dark hair!

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