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The symbol of the soul, you say. 



Is that gay butterfly 

 That dreams upon a scarlet phlox 



Beneath an azure sky. 



Will all the tranced ecstasy 

 Which I have missed on earth. 



Be mine upon a scarlet phlox 

 When my soul finds rebirth? 



Then Christian heaven is beyond 

 The aim of my surprise; 



I'd rather dream on scarlet phlox 

 In pagan Paradise. 



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