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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
ages
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as very Youth, Before your still, immortal eyes the ages come and go, The dusk of death is but a dream that dims the face of Truth— Oh, turn again, and look again, for when you look, I know.
ago
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
away
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as very Youth, Before your still, immortal eyes the ages come and go, The dusk of death is but a dream that dims the face of Truth— Oh, turn again, and look again, for when you look, I know.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
brooding
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
burning
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
burns
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
came
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From this reading When Elizabeth came to herself, the room was full of mist.
centuries
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as very Youth, Before your still, immortal eyes the ages come and go, The dusk of death is but a dream that dims the face of Truth— Oh, turn again, and look again, for when you look, I know.
David's
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From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
death
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
dies
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
dim
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
dims
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as very Youth, Before your still, immortal eyes the ages come and go, The dusk of death is but a dream that dims the face of Truth— Oh, turn again, and look again, for when you look, I know.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
dreaming
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
dusk
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
Egypt
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
Elizabeth
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From this reading When Elizabeth came to herself, the room was full of mist.
eyes
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
face
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as very Youth, Before your still, immortal eyes the ages come and go, The dusk of death is but a dream that dims the face of Truth— Oh, turn again, and look again, for when you look, I know.
farthest
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
few
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From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
fill
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
full
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From this reading When Elizabeth came to herself, the room was full of mist.
go
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as very Youth, Before your still, immortal eyes the ages come and go, The dusk of death is but a dream that dims the face of Truth— Oh, turn again, and look again, for when you look, I know.
gone
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
grown
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From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading When Elizabeth came to herself, the room was full of mist.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as very Youth, Before your still, immortal eyes the ages come and go, The dusk of death is but a dream that dims the face of Truth— Oh, turn again, and look again, for when you look, I know.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
leaves
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
lips
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
loved
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
minutes
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From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
mist
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From this reading When Elizabeth came to herself, the room was full of mist.
mists
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
Oh
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
old
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
older
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From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
revealing
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
rise
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
room
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From this reading When Elizabeth came to herself, the room was full of mist.
saw
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From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
soul
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
strange
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
thousand
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
three
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the mist, she saw David’s face, and quite suddenly in these few minutes it had grown years older.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Elizabeth came to herself, the room was full of mist.
Truth
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as very Youth, Before your still, immortal eyes the ages come and go, The dusk of death is but a dream that dims the face of Truth— Oh, turn again, and look again, for when you look, I know.
turn
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
veil
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
veiling
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
very
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as very Youth, Before your still, immortal eyes the ages come and go, The dusk of death is but a dream that dims the face of Truth— Oh, turn again, and look again, for when you look, I know.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Elizabeth came to herself, the room was full of mist.
wavers
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From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
years
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
yesterday
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
young
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as yesterday, Oh, turn again and look again, for when you look I know The dusk of death is but a dream, that dreaming, dies away And leaves you with the lips I loved, three thousand years ago.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The mists of that forgotten dream, they fill your brooding eyes, With veil on strange revealing veil that wavers, and is gone, And still between the veiling mists, the dim, dead centuries rise, And still behind the farthest veil, your burning soul burns on.
Youth
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From this reading You are as old as Egypt, and as young as very Youth, Before your still, immortal eyes the ages come and go, The dusk of death is but a dream that dims the face of Truth— Oh, turn again, and look again, for when you look, I know.
