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First Line: Never, never did I see
Last Line: In its liquid lustre drowned.


Never, never did I see
Neither have I heard the same,
That a pearl can turn for shame
Into red chalcedony.

When you gaze with awe profound
On the beauty of his brow
Lo, you see your beauty now
In its liquid lustre drowned.





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