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III.


 * And on the Queen of Spells
 * Fixed her ethereal eyes,
 * I thank thee. Thou hast given

A boon which I will not resign, and taught A lesson not to be unlearned. I know The past, and thence I will essay to glean A warning for the future, so that man May profit by his errors, and derive
 * Experience from his folly:

For, when the power of imparting joy Is equal to the will, the human soul
 * Requires no other heaven.


 * Much yet remains unscanned.
 * Thou knowest how great is man,
 * Thou knowest his imbecility:
 * Yet learn thou what he is;
 * Yet learn the lofty destiny
 * Which restless time prepares
 * For every living soul.