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WHERE the minnows trace / A glinting web quick hid in the gloom of the brook, / When I think of the place / And remember the small lad lying intent to look / Through the shadowy face / At the little fish thread-threading the watery nook--
It seems to me / The woman you are should be nixie, there is a pool / Where we ought to be. / You undine-clear and pearly, soullessly cool / And waterly / The pool for my limbs to fathom, my soul's last / school.
Narcissus / Ventured so long ago in the deeps of reflection.
Illyssus / Broke the bounds and beyond!--Dim recollection of fishes / Soundlessly moving in heaven's other direction!
Be / Undine towards the waters, moving back; for me / A pool! Put off the soul you've got, oh lack / Your human self immortal; take the watery track.