Watch, and listen, and be still,

Lest you baulk your own desire.

When she sees four azure wings

Light upon her claw-like hand;

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When she lifts her head and sings,

You shall hear and understand:

You shall hear a bugle calling

Wildly over the dew-dashed down;

And a sound as of the falling

Ramparts of a conquered town.

You shall hear a sound like thunder;

And a veil shall be withdrawn,

When her eyes grow wide with wonder

On that hill-top, in that dawn.

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CRIMSON SAILS

WHEN Salomon sailed from Ophir ...

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