Amidst water lily fields white and green Grows a tree And from the tree hang apples Not for you to eat
In a way it matters more Than it did before To see the East voyaging through True hearts of dunes
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There in harmony Somersault caravans of fools As he passes for reply To sing his songs again
He sways to kiss the horizontal ground And from the ground a dove rises And as a mark of honor A mask is left behind
Mirth Birth Reverie
There in harmony To gentle form and noble force Calm and vast his voice cascades From this gentle stage
Calm and vast the city lies On a horizontal ground Kind and calm Julius lies For Octavian to prevail
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In harmony Traverses the peninsula Aeolus with his whisper winds to strike With his gentle kisses the righteous And wise and doom ambitious praise With his will his will and order
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Amidst water lily fields white and green Grows a tree And from the tree hang apples Not for you to eat Beneath the heaving sea Where statues and pillars and stone altars rest for all these Aching bones to guide us far from energy