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“Un beau royaume nous cherchons”
—Antoine Riczi.
There is a land those hereabout Ignore.... Its gates are barred By Titan twins, named Fear and Doubt. These mercifully guard That land we seek—the land so fair!— And all the fields thereof, Where daffodils flaunt everywhere And ouzels chant of love,— Lest we attain the Middle-Land, Whence clouded well-springs rise, And vipers from a slimy strand Lift glittering cold eyes. NOW, THE PARABLE ALL MAY UNDERSTAND, AND SURELY YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE LAND! AH, NEVER A GUIDE OR EVER A CHART MAY SAFELY LEAD YOU ABOUT THIS LAND,— THE LAND OF THE HUMAN HEART!