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THE VICTORIOUS LORD, THAT ALL THE MISBELIEVING AND BLACK HORDE OF FEARS AND SORROWS THAT INFEST THE SOUL SCATTERS AND SLAYS WITH HIS ENCHANTED SWORD. XLV. BUT LEAVE THE WISE TO WRANGLE, AND WITH ME THE QUARREL OF THE UNIVERSE LET BE: AND, IN SOME CORNER OF THE HUBBUB COUCH'T. MAKE GAME OF THAT WHICH MAKES AS MUCH OF THEE. XLVL FOR IN AND OUT, ABOVE, ABOUT, BELOW, 'TIS NOTHING BUT A MAGIC SHADOW-SHOW, PLAY'D IN A BOX WHOSE CANDLE IS THE SUN, ROUND WHICH WE PHANTOM FIGURES COME AND GO, XLVII. AND... IF THE WINE YOU DRINK, THE LIP YOU PRESS, END IN THE NOTHING ALL THINGS END IN— YES- THEN FANCY WHILE THOU ART, THOU ART BUT WHAT THOU SHALT BE— NOTHING— THOU SHALT NOT BE LESS. XLVIII. WHILE THE ROSE BLOWS ALONG THE RIVER BRINK, WITH OLD KHAYYAM THE RUBY VINTAGE DRINK; AND WHEN THE ANGEL WITH HIS DARKER DRAUGHT DRAWS UP TO THEE— TAKE THAT, AND DO NOT SHRINK. XLIX. 'TIS ALL A CHEQUER^BOARD OF NIGHTS AND DAYS WHERE DESTINY WITH MEN FOR PIECES PLAYS: HITHER AND THITHER MOVES. AND MATES. AND SLAYS.
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