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1880–1929

THE SNARE

John Freeman

Loose me and let me go! I am not yours. I do not know Your dark name ev'n, O Powers

That out of the deep rise And wave your arms To weave strange charms. Though the snare of eyes

You weave for me, As a pool lies In wait for the moon when she Out of the deep will rise;

And though you set Like mist your net; And though my feet you catch, O dark, strange Powers,

You may not snatch My soul, or call it yours. Out of your snare I rise And pass your charms,

Nor feel your harms. You loose me and I go: O see the arms Spread for me! lo,

His lips break your charms. From the deep did He rise And round me set His Love for net.

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