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Prelude
01:26
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Perennials
02:37
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A Starlit Rosegarden
04:41
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Moving in dreamless wake
hollow steps
upon wide space
so, touch has defiled!
"cut the trees
build the pyres"
Stray
upon moonlit ground
I heard the sound
of the tree's whisper;
"The days of our silence are surely passing, we are waiting for the hearts of men"
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Eostre
03:01
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