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A Feast of Lanterns, by L. Cranmer-Byng, [1916], at sacred-texts.com
IN AN OLD LIBRARY
Ten thousand tomes with pendant discs of jade,
Bowls of old Shang with bronze of Chow displayed,
And suddenly the small
Tinkle of girdle gems floats through the hall,
As though the wind custodian sings:—
"I guard the fragrance of a thousand springs.
Draw near! draw near!
Ten thousand yesterdays are gathered here."
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