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Delight's Despair at setting
Is that Delight is less
Than the sufficing Longing
That so impoverish.

Enchantment's Perihelion
Mistaken oft has been
For the Authentic orbit
Of its Anterior Sun.

Edited by Peter Carter

Added: 2 Apr 2003 | Last Read: 4 Sep 2026 12:39 AM | Viewed: 7911 times

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