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Though now thou hast failed and art fallen, despair not because / of defeat, / Though lost for a while be thy heaven and weary of earth be thy feet, / For all will be beauty about thee hereafter through sorrowful years, / And lovely the dews for thy chilling and ruby thy heart-drip of tears.
The eyes that had gazed from afar on a beauty that blinded the eyes / Shall call forth its image for ever, its shadow in alien skies.
The heart that had striven to beat in the heart of the Mighty too soon / Shall still of that beating remember some errant and faltering tune.
For thou hast but fallen to gather the last of the secrets of power; / The beauty that breathes in thy spirit shall shape of thy sorrow / a flower, / The pale bud of pity shall open the bloom of its tenderest rays, / The heart of whose shining is bright with the light of the Ancient / of Days.