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Extol thee - could I - Then I will
by saying nothing new
But just the fairest - [averring -
fair - averring -
That thou art heavenly -
Perceiving thee is evidence
That we are of the sky
Partaking thee a guaranty
of immortality
Why should we hurry -
Why indeed
When every way we
fly
we are molested
equally
by immortality
no respite from the mightiness
inference
that this which is begun
though where it's
labors lie
A bland un -
certainty
Besets the sight
This mighty night
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