Cosmic Edges

Cosmic Edges

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Cosmic Edges
Cosmic Edges
That day we read no further.

That day we read no further.

INFERNO CANTO V; Hell's second circle, the lustful, winds, words, Francesca da Rimini

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Cosmic Edges
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That day we read no further.
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One day we reading were for our delight
Of Lancelot, how Love did him enthral.
Alone we were and without any fear.
Full many a time our eyes together drew

That reading, and drove the colour from our faces
But one point only was it that o’ercame us.
When as we read of the much-longed-for smile
Being by such a noble lover kissed,

This one, who ne’er from me shall…

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