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The Bubble

See the pretty planet!
Floating sphere!
Faintest breeze will fan it
Far or near;
 
World as light as feather;
Moonshine rays,
Rainbow tints together,
As it plays.
 
Drooping, sinking, failing,
Nigh to earth,
Mounting, whirling, sailing,
Full of mirth;
 
Life there, welling, flowing,
Waving round;
Pictures coming, going,
Without sound.
 
Quick now, be this airy
Globe repelled!
Never can the fairy
Star be held.
 
Touched—it in a twinkle
Disappears!
Leaving but a sprinkle,
As of tears.
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