LXXX

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LXXX

“About this time⁠—making delightful way⁠—

Shed a quill-feather from my larboard wing⁠—

Wish’d, trusted, hoped ’twas no sign of decay⁠—

Thank Heaven, I’m hearty yet!⁠—’twas no such thing:⁠—

At five the golden light began to spring,

With fiery shudder through the bloomed east;

At six we heard Panthea’s churches ring⁠—

The city all his unhived swarms had cast,

To watch our grand approach, and hail us as we pass’d.