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OLD EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE,
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XV. OLD EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE, PLYMOUTH HOE.
Not often do we find old age like this,After long tempest perdurable proved,
From out the rush of water floods removed
And set on sunny earth of calm and bliss;
But it is well, brave tower, though here we miss
The fire of resolute-heartedness we loved,
The zeal for lives, that, lost in darkness, roved
Through booming surges and the breakers' hiss.
And if within thy granite-builded core
No longer tempest shakes the heart of man,
Nor waves without lift hands to quench thy star,
The centuries still shall bless thee, and from far,
While nations gather marvelling at thy plan,
Thine age shall grow in honour more and more.
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