With ills the land is rife, with ills the sea,

Diseases haunt our frail humanity,

Through noon, through night, on casual wing they glide,

Silent⁠—a voice the power all-wise denied.

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With ills the land is rife, with ills the sea, Diseases haunt our frail humanity, Through noon, through night, on casual wing they glide, Silent⁠—a voice the power all-wise denied. 19

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