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I. PRELUDE
Daughter of Psyche, pledge of that last night / When, pierced with pain and bitter-sweet delight, / She knew her Love and saw her Lord depart, / Then breathed her wonder and her woe forlorn / Into a single cry, and thou wast born? / Thou flower of rapture and thou fruit of grief; / Invisible enchantress of the heart; / Mistress of charms that bring relief / To sorrow, and to joy impart / A heavenly tone that keeps it undefiled, -- / Thou art the child / Of Amor, and by right divine / A throne of love is thine, / Thou flower-folded, golden-girdled, star-crowned Queen, / Whose bridal beauty mortal eyes have never seen!