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XXIV<br />

“ONE thing at least” (quoth Palamede),<br />

“Beyond dispute my soul can see:<br />

This Questing Beast that mocks my need<br />

Dwelleth in deep obscurity.”<br />

So delveth he a darksome hole<br />

Within the bowels of Etna dense,<br />

Closing the harbour of his soul<br />

To all the pirate-ships of sense.<br />

And now the questing of the Beast<br />

Rolls in his very self, and high<br />

Leaps his whole heart in fiery feast<br />

On the expected ecstasy.<br />

But echoing from the central roar<br />

Reverberates many a mournful moan,<br />

And shapes more mystic than before<br />

Baffle its formless monotone!<br />

Ah! mocks him many a myriad vision,<br />

Warring within him masterless,<br />

Turning devotion to derision,<br />

Beatitude to beastliness.<br />

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