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Last night I dreamed of the maid with yellow curls. / She came to me in the room above my shop, / And we two were alone, freed from the laws of day. / I held her then to myself. / I took from her her clothing, garment by garment, / And watched them fall about her feet, / White petals of a flower. / And I drew from her to myself her thoughts, one by one, / As often I had wished, till all of her was mine.
Then I was sad, for nothing was left to love. / And I quickly clothed her again, garment by garment, / And gave her back her thoughts, one by one, / And awoke in joy. / I was glad that the dream was a dream, / And that all of her was not mine; / For I had learned / That love released from bond, and unburdened of its fetters, / Is love no longer.