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XXI.

Then paused a moment o'er a desert drear
Until the thunder-clouds around him burst;
His flights renewed, and wished for Media near.
But stronger grows the gale: what Sprites accurst
Ride on the tempest? Warring elements
Might not alone such ardent course impede:
The wretched Spirit from his speed relents
With sense like mortal bosom when they bleed.