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THREE FATES: 1 by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR

First Line: O DREAMER, FOLLOW FAST THE STAR
Last Line: THE COUCH IS FLOWERED FOR YOU.
Subject(s): DREAMS; FATE; FUTURE LIFE; REST; NIGHTMARES; DESTINY; RETRIBUTION; ETERNITY; AFTER LIFE;
I.

O DREAMER, follow fast the Star
Adown yon wild green West:
Within the still green water-world
They charm your place of rest.

A white mermaiden softly coils
The linkèd melody
Shall draw you down like chains of pearl
Beneath the lighted sea.

What rumours of Eternity,
What old old dreams and new!
With coral and with ambergris
The couch is flowered for you.



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