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An Autumn Love Cycle/Illusion

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4744196An Autumn Love Cycle — Illusion1928Georgia Douglas Camp Johnson
Illusion
Oh! for the veils of my far-away youth,Shielding my heart from the blaze of the truth;Why did I stray from their foldings and growInto the sadness that follows—to know.
Impotent atom with desolate gazeTreading Life's treacherous, intricate maze—Oh for the veils, for the veils of my youth,Shielding my heart from the blaze of the truth!