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‘Fairy! ' the Spirit said, / And on the Queen of Spells / Fixed her aethereal eyes, / ‘I thank thee. Thou hast given / A boon which I will not resign, and taught / A lesson not to be unlearned. I know / The past, and thence I will essay to glean / A warning for the future, so that man / May profit by his errors, and derive / Experience from his folly: / For, when the power of imparting joy / Is equal to the will, the human soul / Requires no other Heaven.'
MAB: / ‘Turn thee, surpassing Spirit! / Much yet remains unscanned. / Thou knowest how great is man, / Thou knowest his imbecility: / Yet learn thou what he is: / Yet learn the lofty destiny / Which restless time prepares / For every living soul.