Thomas Blake Glover/japan 1859-1911

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    a man sleeps where fire leapt down and she learns through his arm
    That other sun, the jealous coursing of the unrivalled blood.
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    For the Eye altering alters all;
    The Senses roll themselves in fear
    And the flat Earth becomes a Ball.
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