The dragon, fabled creature, of majesty and terror,
The dragon known to many, the dragon guarding treasure,
And dragon's eye and dragon's ear and dragon's claw are sharp,
In many a dragon tale told to accompaniment of harp.
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O how the time of past and to be
Mixed in the mists of unremembered joy,
Becometh not this frail man, but lo!
How time itself be made a foe,
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