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‘But thou, O Muse, our heavenly mate,Unclogged art thou by fleshly weight!
Ascend, upbearing my desire
Among the mountains high and higher!
Leap from the glen upon the forest;
Leap from the forest on the snow:
And while from snow to cloud thou soarest
Send back thy song below!’
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