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116. "His lab'ring heart with<br />

sudden rapture seized<br />

He paus'd, and on the<br />

ground in silence gazed.<br />

Unskill'd and uninspired<br />

he seems to stand,<br />

Nor lifts the eye, nor<br />

graceful moves the hand:<br />

<strong>The</strong>n, while the chiefs in<br />

still attention hung,<br />

Pours the full tide <strong>of</strong> eloquence<br />

along;<br />

While from his lips the<br />

melting torrent flows,<br />

S<strong>of</strong>t as the fleeces <strong>of</strong> descending<br />

snows.<br />

Now stronger notes engage<br />

the listening crowd,<br />

Louder the accents rise,<br />

and yet more loud,<br />

Like thunders rolling<br />

from a distant cloud."

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