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The Solitary lifted toward[342] the hills

A kindling eye:—accordant feelings rushed

Into my bosom, whence these words broke forth:[343]

"Oh! what a joy it were, in vigorous health,

To have a body (this our vital frame

With shrinking sensibility endued,

And all the nice regards of flesh and blood)

And to the elements surrender it

As if it were a spirit!—How divine,