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Goaded and harassed in the factory / That tears our life up into bits of days / Ticked off upon a clock which never stays, / Shredding our portion of Eternity, / We break away at last, and steal the key / Which hides a world empty of hours; ways / Of space unroll, and Heaven overlays / The leafy, sun-lit earth of Fantasy.
Beyond the ilex shadow glares the sun, / Scorching against the blue flame of the sky.
Brown lily-pads lie heavy and supine / Within a granite basin, under one / The bronze-gold glimmer of a carp; and I / Reach out my hand and pluck a nectarine.