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...vain; Man marks the earth with ruin, — his control Stops with the shore; 3 Time writes no wrinkles Still falls the RainDark as the world of man, black as our lo^s Blind 4 Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, — the throne Of the Invisible!... | |
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