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Ella and Eidelvard: Cantos XXXII-XXXVI

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May 20, 2026
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Ella and Eidelvard: Cantos XXXII-XXXVI

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

XXXII

In a vale the twain had met,
Where the heights their cliffsides let
Down into a level plain,
Already choked with the slain.
In tight rows they had advanced,
Men who have with devils danced,
Blotted with the scabs of sin,
Which their faces cratere…

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