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A Roundel of Rabelais
Theleme is afar on the waters, adrift and afar,1
Afar and afloat on the waters that flicker and gleam,2
And we feel but her fragrance and see but the shadows that mar3
Theleme.4
In the sun-coloured mists of the sunrise and sunset that steam5
As incense from urns of the twilight, her portals ajar6
Let pass as a shadow the light or the sound of a dream.7
But the laughter that rings from her cloisters that know not a bar8
So kindles delight in desire that the souls in us deem9
He erred not, the seer who discerned on the seas as a star10
Theleme.11
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