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/ Her Vivien eyes, -- beware! beware! -- / Though they be stars, a deadly snare / They set beneath her night of hair. / Regard them not! lest, drawing near -- / As sages once in old Chaldee -- / Thou shouldst become a worshiper, / And they thy evil destiny.
/ Her Vivien eyes, -- away! away! -- / Though they be springs, remorseless they / Gleam underneath her brow's bright day. / Turn, turn aside, whate'er the cost! / Lest in their deeps thou lures behold, / Through which thy captive soul were lost, / As was young Hylas once of old.
/ Her Vivien eyes, -- take heed! take heed! -- / Though they be bibles, none may read / Therein of God or Holy Creed. / Look, look away! lest thou be cursed, -- / As Merlin was, romances tell, -- / And in their sorcerous spells immersed, / Hoping for Heaven thou chance on Hell.