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Page 160
... and diligently slow , The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its
long arms amidst the watery roai , Scoops out an empire , and usurps the shore :
While the pent ocean rising o'er the pile , Sees an amphibious world beneath him
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... and diligently slow , The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its
long arms amidst the watery roai , Scoops out an empire , and usurps the shore :
While the pent ocean rising o'er the pile , Sees an amphibious world beneath him
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Page 217
There sits quiescent on the floods that show Her beauteous form reflected clear
below , While airs impregnated with incense play Around her fanning light her
streamers gay ; So thou , with sails how swift ! hast reach'd the shore , " Where ...
There sits quiescent on the floods that show Her beauteous form reflected clear
below , While airs impregnated with incense play Around her fanning light her
streamers gay ; So thou , with sails how swift ! hast reach'd the shore , " Where ...
Page 339
THE OCEAN . Roll 00 , thou deep and dark blue ocean - roll ! Ten thousand fleets
sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin - his control Stops with
the shore ; -upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed , nor doth remain A
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THE OCEAN . Roll 00 , thou deep and dark blue ocean - roll ! Ten thousand fleets
sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin - his control Stops with
the shore ; -upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed , nor doth remain A
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations... |
| Author | George Croly |
| Compiled by | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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