_Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda's mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion's crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley's lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches' cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_…
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