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First Line: Departed to the judgment. / a mighty afternoon
Last Line: And leave the soul alone.
Variant Title(s): "departed -- To The Judgment"";poem: 524;


Departed to the judgment,
A mighty afternoon;
Great clouds like ushers leaning,
Creation looking on.
The flesh surrendered, cancelled,
The bodiless begun;
Two worlds, like audiences, disperse,
And leave the soul alone.




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