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And here the well-worn fabric of our life

Fell from him. Hope and purpose were cut short,

—Even the blind trust that reaches in mid-strife

Towards some heart of things. Here blew the mort

For the world spirit herself. The last support

Was fallen away⁠—Himself, one spark of soul,

Swam in unbroken void. He was the whole,