<SPAN name="ESCAPE"></SPAN>ESCAPE.<br/>
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I seek the quietude of stones<br/>
Or of great oxen, dewlap-deep<br/>
In meadows of lush grass, where sleep<br/>
Drifts, tufted, on the air or drones<br/>
On flowery traffic. Sleep atones<br/>
For sin, comforting eyes that weep.<br/>
O'er me, Lethean darkness, creep<br/>
Unfelt as tides through dead men's bones!<br/>
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In that metallic sea of hair,<br/>
Fragrance! I come to drown despair<br/>
Of wings in dark forgetfulness.<br/>
No love ... Love is self-known, aspires<br/>
To heights unearthly. I ask less,—<br/>
Sleep born of satisfied desires.<br/>
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