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1 " Then all the charm Is broken--all that phantom-world so fair Vanishes, and a thousand circlets spread, And each mis-shape the other. "
― Samuel Taylor Coleridge , Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream
2 " A savage place! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover! "
3 " Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. "
4 " And all who heard should see them there,And all should cry, Beware! Beware!His flashing eyes, his floating hair!Weave a circle round him thrice,And close your eyes with holy dread,For he on honey-dew hath fed,And drunk the milk of Paradise. "
5 " Everyone should have two or three hives of bees. Bees are easier to keep than a dog or a cat. They are more interesting than gerbils. "
6 " For he on honey-dew hath fed,And drunk the milk of Paradise. "
7 " Weave a circle round him thrice,And close your eyes with holy dread,For he on honey-dew hath fed,And drank the milk of Paradise. "
8 " But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slantedDown the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!A savage place! as holy and enchantedAs e’er beneath a waning moon was hauntedBy woman wailing for her demon-lover! "