Ephemeral beauty whose fair light’s pursued

In burning zeal born of primal desire;

That vain effulgence of the often wooed

That leads the meekest heart to full conspire

And wile away love’s long sweet cherished hours,

Immersed in smiles and silver tears divine;

So moves the unseen strength of beauty’s power,

That tempts the soul with beacons none outshine.

Rapt souls held captive to a fantasy

Bound on hope’s gloried ship to ever sail…

Seeking empyrean destiny,

Connubial bliss to ever life regale—

Purblind pursuit of dreams locked in the mind;

Ten thousand ships might sail, for one to find.

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