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And chaining the rapt soul in breathless awe,

He bows to bind you drooping to his breast,

Inhales your spirit from the frost winged gale

And freer dreams of heaven.

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NIAGARA.

LOW on, for ever, in thy glorious robe

Of terror and of beauty. Yea, flow on

Unfathomed and resistless. God hath set