Doubt and other things, verse and illustrations . [224] Digitized by Microsoft®. We loved, it may be madly,In far-off Zanadu,And then we parted sadlyAnd bade a last adieu. Had we then solved the mystery—Read to the end Loves history,In far-off Zanadu? It seems a perfect irony Fond love should be but vanity And passion end in satiety, Leaving but ruined pleasure domes In far-off Zanadu, Even in Zanadu! qJ^^-s^ [225] Digitized by Microsoft® Herfords Fly I merely kill a tiresome fly,Thine activity I transferTo another sphere—mayhap here Thou art too near my nose,So thine account I clos

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Doubt and other things, verse and illustrations . [224] Digitized by Microsoft®. We loved, it may be madly,In far-off Zanadu,And then we parted sadlyAnd bade a last adieu. Had we then solved the mystery—Read to the end Loves history,In far-off Zanadu? It seems a perfect irony Fond love should be but vanity And passion end in satiety, Leaving but ruined pleasure domes In far-off Zanadu, Even in Zanadu! qJ^^-s^ [225] Digitized by Microsoft® Herfords Fly I merely kill a tiresome fly,Thine activity I transferTo another sphere—mayhap here Thou art too near my nose,So thine account I close, hopingFor repose and sweet tranquility,And no more talk of Thee and Me. Vain hope! for when I see Thee dead, A miracle of life wiped out. Enters creeping Doubt, and questions old Of chance and destiny and—may not The next earthquake do the like to Thee? But here at once Im told this isImpiety, and wonder at the temerityOf Herford, who dares ask the reasonWhy and wherefore of the Household Fly? [226] Digitized by Microsoft® Microbes No longer can we eat, or drink, o

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