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Its edges foamed with amethyst and rose, / Withers once more the old blue flower of day: / There where the ether like a diamond glows / Its petals fade away.
A shadowy tumult stirs the dusky air; / Sparkle the delicate dews, the distant snows; / The great deep thrills for through it everywhere / The breath of beauty blows.
I saw how all the trembling ages past, / Moulded to her by deep and deeper breath, / Neared to the hour when Beauty breathes her last / And knows herself in death.