The Year of Wonders.
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247.
Part stays for Passage till a gust of wind
Ships o're their Forces in a shining Sheet:
Part, creeping under ground, their Journey blind,
And, climbing from below, their Fellows meet.
Part stays for Passage till a gust of wind
Ships o're their Forces in a shining Sheet:
Part, creeping under ground, their Journey blind,
And, climbing from below, their Fellows meet.
248.
Thus, to some desert Plain, or old Wood-side,
Dire Night-hags come from far to dance their round:
And o're broad Rivers, on their Fiends, they ride,
Or sweep in Clouds above the blasted ground.
Thus, to some desert Plain, or old Wood-side,
Dire Night-hags come from far to dance their round:
And o're broad Rivers, on their Fiends, they ride,
Or sweep in Clouds above the blasted ground.
249.
No help avails: for Hydra-like, the Fire,
Lifts up his Hundred heads, to aim his way:
And scarce the wealthy can one half retire,
Before he rushes in to share the Prey.
No help avails: for Hydra-like, the Fire,
Lifts up his Hundred heads, to aim his way:
And scarce the wealthy can one half retire,
Before he rushes in to share the Prey.
250.
The Rich grow suppliant, and the Poor grow proud;
Those offer mighty Gain, and these ask more:
So void of pity is th' ignoble Crowd,
When others Ruin may increase their Store.
The Rich grow suppliant, and the Poor grow proud;
Those offer mighty Gain, and these ask more:
So void of pity is th' ignoble Crowd,
When others Ruin may increase their Store.
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