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To the group of Flora Coddling Hecuba?As they climb the flightsTo the closesOverlooking whole seasons?
IVLet us build the building of light.Push up the towersTo the cock-tops.These are the pointings of our edifice,Which, like a gorgeous palm,Shall tuft the commonplace.These are the window-sillOn which the quiet moonlight lies.
VHow shall we hew the sun,Split it and make blocks,To build a ruddy palace?How carve the violet moonTo set in nicks?Let us fix portals, east and west,Abhorring green-blue north and blue-green south.Our chiefest dome a demoiselle of gold.Pierce the interior with pouring shafts,In diverse chambers.Pierce, too, with buttresses of coral airAnd purple timbers,Various argentines,Embossings of the sky.

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