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‘LINKST HAND,’ ON SULEGG
When out of deeps abysmal Sulegg came,
Did old Oceanus with dark-browed despair
Sit yonder in his lone colossal chair
To watch his 'minished kingdom as the frame
Of earth grew visible, and did he blame
Peak after peak uprising bald and bare,
And laugh to see the great tides rend and tear
The valleys with a might no hand could tame?
Did old Oceanus with dark-browed despair
Sit yonder in his lone colossal chair
To watch his 'minished kingdom as the frame
Of earth grew visible, and did he blame
Peak after peak uprising bald and bare,
And laugh to see the great tides rend and tear
The valleys with a might no hand could tame?
Or rather, climbing to his high-built seat,
Did some earth-giant view with cruel eyes
The mountains lift, and life and war begin?
Or did the God of earth and sea and skies
Through clouds of new-born incense at His feet
Hear prayers of men and praise of seraphin?
Did some earth-giant view with cruel eyes
The mountains lift, and life and war begin?
Or did the God of earth and sea and skies
Through clouds of new-born incense at His feet
Hear prayers of men and praise of seraphin?
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