"The Babylonian starlight brought A fabulous, formless darkness in; Odour of blood when Christ was slain Made all platonic tolerance vain And vain all Doric discipline."

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Fantasy authorsAcademics from IrelandPlaywrights from IrelandMysticsPoets from Ireland
Original Language: English

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Two Songs from a Play, as quoted from The Cycles of History

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Two Songs from a Play, as quoted from The Cycles of History