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 [1] THE GREAT SUMMONS


 * Spring receiveth
 * The vacant earth;
 * The white sun shineth;
 * Spring wind provoketh
 * To burst and burgeon
 * Each sprout and flower.

In those dark caves where Winter lurketh
 * Hide not, my Soul!

O Soul come back again! O, do not stray!

O Soul come back again and go not east or west, or north or south! For to the East a mighty water drowneth Earth's other shore; Tossed on its waves and heaving with its tides
 * The hornless Dragon of the Ocean rideth:

Clouds gather low and fogs enfold the sea
 * And gleaming ice drifts past.

O Soul go not to the East, To the silent Valley of Sunrise!

O Soul go not to the South Where mile on mile the earth is burnt away And poisonous serpents slither through the flames; [13]