On a still day I went sailing.

Soon the wind began its wailing.
In a trice it was a'galing:
Lights and sounds resembling war.

Minutes soon turned into hours,

Then to days of ceaseless showers.
While I strained my failing powers,
Vainly seeking any shore.

Sought in vain to find a harbor

With a windward shelt'ring shore.
But found darkness... NOTHING MORE!

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I awoke from restless napping

To the ocean's gentle lapping
And the shredded rigging's tapping
Funeral dirges on my door.

Through that door I sprung and froze

As pungent fumes assailed my nose.
And joys descended into woes
When I espied that fearful shore.

Barren rock and sulphur vapour

Like the planet's very core.
Lifeless now and EVER MORE.

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In that fearful desolation

Occupant of souless Nation
Caught my eye in admiration
Beauty never spied before.

Bare yet barren breast enchants me

Evil Beauty holds my fancy
Feebly praying God soon grants me
Respite from this fiend of lore.

From this lovely lifeless lady

Luring luckless souls ashore
To remain FOREVER MORE.

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One last time my mind grew clear, it

Came to me this evil spirit
Wants my soul: to feel, to hear it
Claim this evil paramour.

And I knew, as I sank deeper,

If I loved this evil keeper,
When I came to greet the Reaper,
From my heart no Soul could pour;

For, by loving Evil Beauty

And, thus spurning Heaven's Door,
Doomed must I be EVER MORE.

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Then, I thought I'd found her lever:

"Linger now or linger never",
Thus, believing I was clever,
And had strengths of days of yore;

I then deigned to take it lighter,

Pulled her tight and held her tighter,
All the while my head grew lighter
While my soul began to soar!!

So at last took leave, my senses

And fell empty to the floor:
Soulless now and EVER MORE!!

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So take heed, Ye "Men of Vision"!!

Heap no scorn, nor vile derision.
Let thy tongues make no incision
Of the ones who've gone before.

For your minds can not accept it

Being more than visions peptic.
Suffer now the fate of skeptic!
And forever close the door

To the land of wild enchantment

Where the birds of wonder soar;
Lost to you FOREVER MORE!!