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41 " O aching time! O moments big as years!All as ye pass swell out the monstrous truth, "
― John Keats , Complete Works of John Keats
42 " Into the wide stream came of purple hue–’Twas Bacchus and his crew!The earnest trumpet spake, and silver thrillsFrom kissing cymbals made a merry din– 200’Twas Bacchus and his kin! "
43 " he found a palpitating snake,Bright, and cirque-couchant in a dusky brake. She was a gordian shape of dazzling hue,Vermilion-spotted, golden, green, and blue;Striped like a zebra, freckled like a pard,Eyed like a peacock, and all crimson barr’d; 50And full of silver moons, that, as she breathed,Dissolv’d, or brighter shone, or interwreathedTheir lustres with the gloomier tapestries — So rainbow-sided, touch’d with miseries,She seem’d, at once, some penanced lady elf,Some demon’s mistress, or the demon’s self.Upon her crest she wore a wannish fireSprinkled with stars, like Ariadne’s tiar:Her head was serpent, but ah, bitter-sweet!She had a woman’s mouth with all its pearls complete: 60 "