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SONNET
Superb the human type, superb the power,The genius high, that like a starry fire
Set in the sky in some auspicious hour,
Bids all the world look upward and admire
If such a wonder comes within the scope
Of Nature's plan, can death destroy its light,
And splendid possibilities of hope
Flash to man's dark horizon from its height?
Great is the race that once in centuries
Blossoms in such a glorious guise at last!
Who will believe so grand a spirit dies,
Remembering how this stately creature passed,
And with imperial step life's highway trod,
Crowned with the calm of some immortal god.
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