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onosttheyseed,

orholloadeofoakorfir,

hbrancheslopt,inountainfelled,

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brass,iron,stonyuld,hadnottheiruths

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portendingholloruhbehind

aseraphstood,andinhishandareed

stoodipthfire;whilewe,suspense,

llectedstoodused,

notlong;forsuddenallatoheirreeds

putforth,andtoanarroapplied

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frohosedeepthroatedenginesbelched,whoseroar

eoheousheair,

andallherentrailstore,disgfoul

theirdevilishglut,edthunderboltsandhail

lobes;hevictorhost

levelled,petuousfuryste,

that,theyhit,heirfeetghtstand,

thoughstandingelseasrocks,butdoheyfell

bythousands,angelonargelrolled;

thesoonerfortheirar;unard,theyght

haveeasily,asspirits,evadeds

byquiove;butnow

fouldissipationfollo;

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shouldtheydoifontheyrushed,repulse

repeated,andioverthrow

doubled,yetredespised,

andtotheirfoesalaughter;forinview

stoodrankedofseraphinotherrow,

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