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nged, and shrines were banished, Years slipped away, men came and went, But thou, whatever pleasures vanished, With what thou hadst wast still content. Not thine our fatal strain of sadness, As cherished fancies fade away; For thee the simple soul of gladness,-- The careless rapture of to-day! Farewell! within my heart abiding I hear thy music, gentle Faun,-- The wounds of disillusion hiding, The prelude to a happier dawn. WAKEFULNESS Drifting, idly drifting, where thought's varied streams Meet at last and mingle in the realm of dreams, Gladly would I join them in oblivion's deep! Sleep, so dear to me, Sleep, come near to me, Sleep, sweet sleep! Toward the night's Nirvana groping for the way, Striving, ever striving to forget the day, Waves of dreamless slumber, o'er my spirit creep! Sleep, so dear to me, Sleep, come near to me, Sleep, sweet sleep! By the stream of Lethe, fettered to the brink, Longing for the breaking of the last, frail link, Eager for its billows o'er my mind to sweep, Sleep, so dear to me, Sleep, come near to me, Sleep, sweet sleep! Waiting, ever waiting for thy soothing call, And the welcome darkness that envelops all, If no more to waken, then no more to weep, Sleep, so dear to me, Sleep, come near to me, Sleep, sweet sleep! VILLA PLINIANA It stands where darkly wooded cliffs Slope swiftly to the deep, And silvery streams from ledge to ledge In foaming splendor leap,-- A broad expanse of saffron walls, A wilderness of mouldering halls. The torrent's breath hath spread its blight On every darkened room, And oozing mosses drip decay Through corridors of gloom, While Ruin lays a subtle snare On many a yielding rail and stair. There seats, which beauty once enthroned, In tattered damask stand; In gray neglect a faun extends A mutilated hand; And silence makes the festal board Mute as the stringless harpsichord. The boldest hesitate to tread Those gruesome courts at night; 'Tis whispered that a spectral form Then haunts the lonely height; For he who built this home apart Had stabbed his rival to the heart. Oblivion's boon is vainly sought Amid those scenes sublime; Forever lurked within his breast The nemesis of crime; Not all that flood of limpid spray Could wash the fatal stain away. Yet certain fearless souls have dwelt Within that haunted pile; Among them s
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