Part 42 (1/2)

Heard so oft In worst extremes and on the perilous edge Of battle.

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Thick as autumnal leaves that strew the brooks In Vallombrosa, where the Etrurian shades High over-arched imbower.

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Awake, arise, or be forever fallen!

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Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds.

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In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders.

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Thrice he essayed, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth.

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From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day.

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But all was false and hollow, though his tongue Dropped manna; and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels.

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With grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seemed A pillar of state; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat and public care.

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With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies: his look Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air.

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Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute.