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“Learn by a mortal yearning to ascend—
Seeking a higher object. Love was given,
Encouraged, sanctioned, chiefly for that end;
For this the passion to excess was driven—
That self might be annulled: her bondage prove
The fetters of a dream, opposed to love.”
“What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour