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"Retzsch.

"Close it not yet—that graceful page,
    That page of many fancies,
Which realise to common eyes
    The mind-create romances.

Here is the history of the Bell—
    A history containing
Our actual world of hopes and fears,
    Rejoicing and complaining.

Thanks, charmed art, that thus can catch
    The poets’ wildest measure;
And to the music of their page
    Can add another pleasure.