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IV.
Alps fling themselves before him—giant alps,With their dread gorges—with their savage shade,
Mocking the sun, and sending their white scalps
Into the very heavens, that shrink afraid,
And crouch into their bluest caves afar;
Pursued by other pinnacles, that dart,
As with the ambition of a human heart,
Sending their snowy shafts higher and higher,
Till the bridged void, accessible to the sight,
Persuades to travel where the sovereign star,
The central eye of the Universe, with fire
Due to her wants, rests on his noonday height,
And looks encouragement to the eager aim,
That soars, on wings of Will and Faith, to Fame!
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