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BRONZE
THE CROSS
All day the world's mad mocking strife,The venomed prick of probing knife,The baleful, subtle leer of scornThat rims the world from morn to morn,While reptile-visions writhe and creepInto the very arms of sleepTo quench the fitful burnished gleams:A crucifixion in my dreams!

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