them. What is their life there in the wood? There are many lives in the world, and most of them are a secret. I only know the courtiers of the Kingdom of the Past. . . . Here there are the two girls that play on the pipe and the winged children. I should like to see all that there is in the world, and experience all that is in life. There must be strange things, which I never see. . . . The Chimera was glorious, and deep in my soul I always long for him; but in other respects everything is the same. . . . No wonders take place in this garden. . . . Eros is a young prince; then there are the doves, the griffons, the cupids. . . . That is all so commonplace. . . . Oh, to seek, to wander! The world is so great! the universe is awful, although it has limits. My father said it had no limits. . . . Oh, if it had no limits . . . .! Oh, to seek, to wander, to soar in the air! . . . . I shall never see the Chimera again. Never shall I soar in the air again. . . . He conjured up visions for me, and then let them pass away. . . . Oh, to soar through the air! When shall I see him again, and when shall I soar again . . . .? Eros I love—he is my husband; but he has no wings. The Chimera had powerful wings
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