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Meanwhile the earth swung round in hollow night.
Souls without number in all nations slept,
Snug on her back, safe speeding towards the light,
Hours tolled, and in damp woods the night beast crept,
And over the long seas the watch was kept
In black ships, twinkling onward, green and red:
Always the ordered stars moved overhead.
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And no one knew that Dymer in his scales