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kissed me once, 'twas long ago,

But something subtle in me stirred

As if the vans of some great bird

Had fanned my blood into a glow

'Twas something wasteful, wild yet sweet,

Intangible, without a name,

But through my veins with sudden heat

It passed and burst into a flame—

'Twas molten once that lava stream,

Ran with red riotings, but now

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