Until its vital oil is spent or spilt;

There stands the pile, a tower amid the towers

And sacred domes; each marble-ribbed roof,

The brazen-gated temples, and the bowers

Of solitary wealth! The tempest-proof

Pavilions of the dark Italian air

Are by its presence dimmed⁠—they stand aloof,

And are withdrawn⁠—so that the world is bare,

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