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WATER
Thou Waterest him with Tears:
EARTH
He struggles into Life
AIR
On Cloudy Doubts & Reasoning Cares
FIRE
That end in endless Strife.
At length for hatching ripe he breaks the shell.
What are these? ALAS! the Female Martyr, Is She also the Divine Image?
MY SON! MY SON!
I WANT! I WANT!
HELP! HELP!
AGED IGNORANCE Perceptive Organs closed, their Objects close.
Does thy God, O Priest, take such vengeance as this?
Fear & Hope are—Vision.
The Traveller hasteth in the Evening.
DEATH’S DOOR

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