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 "title": "Renunciation",
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    "text": "At eventide the Pilgrim came",
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   {
    "text": "And knocked at the Belovéd’s door.",
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   {
    "text": "“Whose there!” a voice within, “Thy name?”",
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   {
    "text": "“ ’T is I,” he said.⁠—“Then knock no more.",
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    "text": "As well ask thou a lodging of the sea⁠—",
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    "text": "There is no room herein for thee and me.”",
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    "text": "The Pilgrim went again his way",
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    "text": "And dwelt with Love upon the shore",
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    "text": "Of self-oblivion; and one day",
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   {
    "text": "He knocked again at the Belovéd’s door.",
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   {
    "text": "“Whose there?”⁠—“It is thyself,” he now replied,",
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    "text": "And suddenly the door was opened wide.",
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