"All things left her, allBut one. Her highborn courtlinessAccompanied her to the end,Beyond the rapture and its eclipse,In a way like an angel's. Of ElviraThe first thing that I saw - such years ago -Was her smile and also it was the last."

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"All things left her, allBut one. Her highborn courtlinessAccompanied her to the end,Beyond the rapture and its eclipse,In a way like an angel's. Of ElviraThe first thing that I saw - such years ago -Was her smile and also it was the last."

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"Whatever you get out of poetry - take it. take it. take it. Words are better off felt than understood."

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"May this poetrybe the homeyou will someday come back to."

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"The American bards shall be marked for generosity and affection and for encouraging competitors. The great poets are also to be known by the absence in them of tricks and by the justification of perfect personal candor. How beautiful is candor! All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor."

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"Life and death have been lacking in my life."

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"I came to abominate my body, I came to sense that two eyes, two hands, two lungs are as monstrous as two faces."

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