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 CHARLES WILLIAMS

Noisier he shall not move, nor loudlier speak, Than the first sly motion of lewd delight in me Long since which then I shall know none other than he, Now visible, aged, and filled with monstrous glee.

Therefore now in terror I enter all houses, all rooms Enter in dread, and move among them in fear, Watching all doors, saying softly 'It draws more near Daily; and here shall it be in the end or here ?)

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958 In M.e y Past y Present y Future meet

rN me, past, present, future meet To hold long chiding conference. My lusts usurp the present tense And strangle Reason in his seat. My loves leap through the future's fence To dance with dream-enfranchised feet.

In me the cave-man clasps the seer,

And garlanded Apollo goes

Chanting to Abraham's deaf ear.

In me the tiger sniffs the rose.

Look in my heart, kind friends, and tremble, Since there your elements assemble.

Everyone Sang

EVERYONE suddenly burst out singing; And I was fill'd with such delight As prison'd birds must find in freedom Winging wildly across the white Orchards and dark-green fields; on; on; and out of sight.

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