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PROLOGUE.

Prologue.

THAT Sun-eyed Power which stands sublime
Upon the rock that crowns our globe,
Her feet on all the spoils of time,
With light eternal on her robe,

She, sovereign of the orb she guides,
On Truth's broad sun may root a gaze
That deepens, onward as she rides,

And shrinks not from the fontal blaze:

But they - her daughter Arts

Within the cleft, content to see Dim skirts of glory waving wide, And steps of parting Deity.

must hide

'Tis theirs to watch Religion break

In types from Nature's frown or smile,

The legend rise from out the lake,

The relic consecrate the isle.

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