Versos English Madison Julius Cawein Iv

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When she speaks, within my ears, Like wild music heard in fever Is her voice; and it appears That my soul can never leave her: Babylonian necromance, Oldest witcheries,--that harrow Yet compel,--are hers; her glance Holds me; and my very marrow Feels it; and I stand a-trance, While her pupils slowly narrow.