(In the first chamber was a Dragon-Man, clearing
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away the rubbish from a cave's mouth; within a
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number of Dragons were hollowing the cave. In
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the second chamber was a Viper folding round
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the rock and the cave, and others adoring it
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with gold, silver and precious stones. In the
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third chamber was an Eagle with wings and
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feathers of air: he caused the inside of the
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cave to be infinite. Around were numbers of
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Eagle-like men who built palaces in the immense
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cliffs. In the fourth chamber were Lions of
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flaming fire, raging around and melting the
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metals into living fluids)
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As thus that creature had been hidden
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Between the stone-cold walls of kloof
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And nane se dare to look for this ae -
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I'm looking forward the next ae
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There are a lot of dark dimensions,
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The ninefold darkness hath nae borders
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And its abode is sae self-closed as
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Everything becometh this ae.
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Those beings stay forever countless.
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What kind of them I'd like to show thee?
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And lo, this ae's the most important.
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Therefore sae little dost thou see
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As anyone doth... I'd like to ask thee
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What kind of them - I mean that being
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Hath four the pillars in the Morning
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And two of them - I mean the pillars -
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Se be despised by Day and then -
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It wilt be taken by the Even
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Wha giveth to it the other ae.
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Wi' four or two or three it liveth...
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What hae I thought to be?
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Why wert thou so dear?
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You've just erupted as a... curse -
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Your mystic name's Nehemiah!
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I
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DO
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NOT
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Believe in hell
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As it has been seen by people
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Things are really very differ
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I do not believe in hell
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Devil doth exist and dwell
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In your fears, deep into night
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As his living was described
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I could not evoke its prose 'cause
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I could not believe his bride.
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By no means I do believe the devil is here
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D-d-d-d-devil is here
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D-d-d-d-devil is near
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Much nearer than thou canst imagine thyself my dear
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M-m-m-my mortal friend
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W-w-w-when thou see thine end
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Thou wilt also see what wad have been enshrouded on thy bed...
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I am a sphinx!
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Eternal light inside the dead of night
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I am a sphinx
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Behind thy stupid mind
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Behind thy sight,
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'Tis cataract of
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My chants in sonorous archangelical tongue
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Sweep thee awa' wi' howl
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Thus I am to keep thee for aye in awe
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I am a sphinx... aloof wi' thee
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I wad not like to be the guide of thine anon and for all time!
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Since ye could no longer be alone -
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It won't be left undone henceforth.
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Why were flowers for Margaux
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Not sent for? Sae she hath gone
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Shadow fell upon her eyne
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Doth she sleep or hath she died?
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Winds ye scratch her coffin now
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Make it fly, make it fall down:
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May she roll onto her way
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Sweeping dust and getting grey
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May her lash rise suddenly
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May she watch what she should be
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May she gae frae her ash-bin
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Having stared at the welkin
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She doth wear much larger size
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Of the corpses for disguise
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She se fly frae dress like that
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She se fall and blow awa'
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May she graze amid the trees
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Wi' inherited greediness
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May the rope be wanton's tie
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'Tis not hard for risen ae.
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Hast thou e'er looked through the mirror?
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Hast thou ne'er tried to see her?
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Hast thou e'er seen as a suit
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Her verisimilitude!
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"Ye cannot stay the way ye used to be
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Ye cannot stay the way ye are
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This ae hath kept you trembling, hasn't he?
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Hath kept you kneeling to your God."
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Wert thou ne'er being seduced
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By suspicions when they came wi' night to thee?
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To thee who swarmest up to be
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The crown of all the wights?
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"I ran to gorgon like you.
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I wish I hadn't sped to you
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Suddenly I came -
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I wished I'd never come to gloomy lair"
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My curse is my pride is to devour devil's brew
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I am feeling abhorrence but speaking to you
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As your fiend he does lurk at the most hidden glade
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Of your mind - I'll be able to show you your fate
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'Tis so hard to believe - you have not understood
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Can you see? -
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"No, I can't but I wish I could...
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If it were so easy I would really drain
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The soil o' my tomb..."
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And escape far away!
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Have you not vivified your religion and kneeled
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To the power of GOD?
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