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SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT<br />

He strains and strives in very deed,<br />

So that at last a boulder trips<br />

<strong>The</strong> hero, that he bursts a-bleed,<br />

And sanguine from his bearded lips<br />

<strong>The</strong> torrent of his being breaks.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Beast is gone: <strong>the</strong> hero slips<br />

Down to <strong>the</strong> valley: he forsakes<br />

<strong>The</strong> fond idea (every bone<br />

In all his body burns and aches)<br />

By speed to attain <strong>the</strong> dear Unknown,<br />

By force to achieve <strong>the</strong> great Beyond.<br />

Yet from that brain may spring full-grown<br />

Ano<strong>the</strong>r folly just as fond.<br />

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