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11A fair slim boy not made for this world’s pain,A lily-girl, not made for this world's pain,
22 With hair of gold thick clustering round his ears,With brown, soft hair close braided by her ears,
33 And longing eyes half veiled by foolish tearsAnd longing eyes half veiled by slumberous tears
44Like bluest water seen through mists of rain;Like bluest water seen through mists of rain:
55Pale cheeks whereon no kiss hath left its stain,Pale cheeks whereon no love hath left its stain,
66 Red under-lip drawn in for fear of Love,Red underlip drawn in for fear of love,
77 And white throat, whiter than the breast of dove —And white throat, whiter than the silvered dove,
88Alas! alas! if all should be in vain.Through whose wan marble creeps one purple vein.
99Corn-fields behind, and reapers all a-rowYet, though my lips shall praise her without cease,
1010In weariest labour, toiling wearily,Even to kiss her feet I am not bold,
1111To no sweet sound of laughter, or of lute;Being o'ershadowed by the wings of awe.
1212And careless of the crimson sunset-glow,Like Dante, when he stood with Beatrice
1313The boy still dreams; nor knows that night is nigh,Beneath the flaming Lion's breast, and saw
1414And in the night-time no man gathers fruit.The seventh Crystal, and the Stair of Gold.

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