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						Imitation by Edgar Allan Poe 
						
						A dark unfathomed tide  Of interminable pride -  A mystery, and a dream,  Should my early life seem;  I say that dream was fraught  With a wild and waking thought  Of beings that have been,  Which my spirit hath not seen,  Had I let them pass me by,  With a dreaming eye!  Let none of earth inherit  That vision of my spirit;  Those thoughts I would control,  As a spell upon his soul:  For that bright hope at last  And that light time have past,  And my worldly rest hath gone  With a sigh as it passed on:  I care not though it perish  With a thought I then did cherish 						 
						
						
						
						
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