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Stanza 6 79

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How many mountains levelled with the lea those Waves that burst and brake with awful might!

How many a gnarlèd trunk of ancient tree the Winds uptore with wild and wilful spite!

Ne’er reckt those bulky cable-roots to see their heels upturned to meet the heav’enly light; nor thought the deep-laid sands that floods could flow so fierce, and raise aloft what lay below.

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