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Ah, this [15]reviving herb that's called the future state, upon its lovely lips, hangs the dew of holier things.
Thine is the [16]ruby which is set in virgin gold, and those who know the fountain head from whence streams forth that light divine,
Have stood face to face with god, and from the bonds of death are free.
[15] The Reviving Herb stands here for immortality.
[16] The Ruby here represents the sum total of life's experience, which is set in Virgin Gold or the ring of eternity.
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Thus break thou from this wheel of strife and stress, with all its sorrows, fleeting, joys and chilling fears;