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 "And in the forest we shall live free, Free from the bondage that Time has made To hedge our soul from its liberty; We shall not fear what is mighty, and unafraid Shall look wide-eyed at beauty, nor shrink from its majesty."

But Amoret answered me again: "We are lost in the forest, you and I; Lost, lost, not free, though no bonds restrain; For no spire rises for comfort, no landmark in the sky, And the long glades as they curve from sight are dark with a nameless pain.

And Time creates what he devours,— Music that sweetly dreams itself away, Frail-swung leaves of autumn and the scent of flowers, And the beauty of that poised moment, when the day Hangs 'twixt the quiet of darkness and the mirth of the sunlit hours."