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The hurricane

a theosophical and western eclogue. To which is subjoined, a solitary effusion in a summer's evening. By William Gilbert

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Hark! Here are groves
That hold, or held, some Druid. Dark mantling
Round they throw impenetrable shade; and hide,

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And have for ever hid, aye unprofaned
By Roman, or by Savage conqueror's step,
Some Temple sacred by the Mystic Sage.