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First Line: As a sword in the sun
Last Line: Ah, but its stay is its flight!
Subject(s): Beauty


As a sword in the sun --
A glory calling a glory --
Our eyes, seeing it run,
Capture its gleam for our story.

Singer, marvellous gleam
Dancing in splendid light,
Here you have brought us our dream --
Ah, but its stay is its flight!






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