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O Father, King of winds, world-shaking, taming-seas,
O God, with gratious eye behold vs, and appease
The billowes of thy wroth: these planchers hardly sau'n,
Of such a piteous wracke, O bring at length to hau'n:
And once for eu'r againe pen-vp i' th' ancient bounds
The breezy Seas mad sway, that yet the land surrounds.
O God, with gratious eye behold vs, and appease
The billowes of thy wroth: these planchers hardly sau'n,
Of such a piteous wracke, O bring at length to hau'n:
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The breezy Seas mad sway, that yet the land surrounds.
Th'Eternall heard their voice, and bid his Triton sound
Retreate vnto the flood; then waue by waue to bound
The waters hast away; all riuers know their bankes,
And Seas their wonted shore; hils grow with swelling flanks;
Vpon the tufted woods appeare the slimie webbes;
And earth it seemes to flow as fast as water ebbes.
So did the Lord againe with mercy-might-full hand
Shew vnto Land the Heau'n, and vnto Heau'n the Land.
Retreate vnto the flood; then waue by waue to bound
The waters hast away; all riuers know their bankes,
And Seas their wonted shore; hils grow with swelling flanks;
Vpon the tufted woods appeare the slimie webbes;
And earth it seemes to flow as fast as water ebbes.
So did the Lord againe with mercy-might-full hand
Shew vnto Land the Heau'n, and vnto Heau'n the Land.
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