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A Conversion - ZaunköniG - 25.06.2007 A Conversion Behold that dark brown chrysalis, seeming dead-- Can such things live? Will life's reviving might Arouse this sleeper from so dark a night? Yes, see!--there issues from it[s] tomb-like bed A creature from whose airy wings are shed Bright beams of living, many-coloured light. Thus have I seen a spirit take its flight. Over its wings had error's meshes spread The bonds of lie and prejudice and hell: And the beholder in an underbreath Sighed sadly as he whispered, "This is death!" But no--a power thrills through the lifeless shell; And into glorious morn the spirit springs, The light of heaven gleaming from its wings. |