Out of the past dream brings long-buried choices,

All in a moment snaps the tenfold chain

That life took years in forging. There the stain

Of oldest sins—how do the good words go?—

Though they were scarlet, shall be white as snow.”

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Then, drawing near, when Dymer did not speak,

“My little son,” said he, “your wrong and right

Are also dreams: fetters to bind the weak

Faster to phantom earth and blear the sight.