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... land Where busy arts are never at a stand ; Where science points her telescopic eye , Familiar with the wonders of the sky ; Where bold inquiry , diving out of sight , Brings many a precious pearl of truth to light ; Where nought eludes ...
... land Where busy arts are never at a stand ; Where science points her telescopic eye , Familiar with the wonders of the sky ; Where bold inquiry , diving out of sight , Brings many a precious pearl of truth to light ; Where nought eludes ...
Page 118
... lands , Shall own itself a stamm'rer in that cause , Or plead its silence as its best applause . 410 He knows indeed ... land , Nor quits , till ev'ning watch , his giddy stand , Then swift descending with a seaman's haste , Slips to his ...
... lands , Shall own itself a stamm'rer in that cause , Or plead its silence as its best applause . 410 He knows indeed ... land , Nor quits , till ev'ning watch , his giddy stand , Then swift descending with a seaman's haste , Slips to his ...
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... land I shall visit no more . My friends , do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend , Though a friend I am never to see . How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its ...
... land I shall visit no more . My friends , do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend , Though a friend I am never to see . How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its ...
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