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I. I wrenched from a passing comet in its flight, / By that great force of two mad hearts aflame, / A soul incarnate, back to earth you came, / To glow like star-dust for a little night. / Deep shadows hide you wholly from our sight; / The centuries leave nothing but your name, / Tinged with the lustre of a splendid shame, / That blazed oblivion with rebellious light.
The mighty passion that became your cause, / Still burns its lengthening path across the years; / We feel its raptures, and we see its tears / And ponder on its retributive laws. / Time keeps that deathless story ever new; / Yet finds no answer, when we ask of you.