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A Key of Fire ran all along the Shore,
(b) Sigæa igni freta lata relucent. Virg. (b) And lighten'd all the River with a Blaze:
The waken'd Tides began again to roar,
And wond'ring Fish in shining waters gaze.
A Key of Fire ran all along the Shore,
(b) Sigæa igni freta lata relucent. Virg. (b) And lighten'd all the River with a Blaze:
The waken'd Tides began again to roar,
And wond'ring Fish in shining waters gaze.
232.
Old Father Thames rais'd up his reverend head,
But fear'd the Fate of Simoeis would return:
Deep in his Ooze he sought his sedgy Bed,
And shrunk his Waters back into his Urn.
Old Father Thames rais'd up his reverend head,
But fear'd the Fate of Simoeis would return:
Deep in his Ooze he sought his sedgy Bed,
And shrunk his Waters back into his Urn.
233.
The Fire, mean time, walks in a broader gross,
To either hand his Wings he opens wide:
He wades the Streets, and streight he reaches cross,
And plays his longing Flames on th' other side.
The Fire, mean time, walks in a broader gross,
To either hand his Wings he opens wide:
He wades the Streets, and streight he reaches cross,
And plays his longing Flames on th' other side.
234.
At first they warm, then scorch, and then they take;
Now with long Necks from side to side they feed:
At length, grown strong, their Mother-fire forsake,
And a new Colony of Flames succeed.
At first they warm, then scorch, and then they take;
Now with long Necks from side to side they feed:
At length, grown strong, their Mother-fire forsake,
And a new Colony of Flames succeed.
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