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3 Within me latitude
widens, longitude lengthens;
Asia, Africa, Europe, are to the east — America is pro- vided for in the west;
Banding the bulge of the earth winds the hot equator,
Curiously north and south turn the axis-ends;
Within me is the longest day — the sun wheels in slant- ing rings — it does not set for months?
Stretch'd in due time within me the midnight sun just
rises above
the horizon, and sinks again;
Within me zones, seas, cataracts, plants, volcanoes, groups,
Malaysia, Polynesia, and the great West Indian islands.
Asia, Africa, Europe, are to the east — America is pro- vided for in the west;
Banding the bulge of the earth winds the hot equator,
Curiously north and south turn the axis-ends;
Within me is the longest day — the sun wheels in slant- ing rings — it does not set for months?
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Within me zones, seas, cataracts, plants, volcanoes, groups,
Malaysia, Polynesia, and the great West Indian islands.
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