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...thy dark domain ; And fetters sure and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. Far in thy realm withdrawn, Old empires sit in sullenness and...with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws us towards the ground — And last — man's Life on earth Glide to thy dim dominions, and are bound....

...round thy dark domain And fetters sure and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. Far in thy realm withdrawn Old empires sit in sullenness and...ages gone Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb. Cbildhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age.that draws us to the ground And last, man's life...

...Hold all that enter tby unbreathing reign. Far in tby realm withdrawn Old empires sit in sulleimess and gloom, And glorious ages gone, Lie deep within the shadow of tby womb. Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age, that draws us to the ground, And last,...

...strains of one of the poets of our own land :* Far in thy realms withdrawn Old empires sit in sullermess and gloom, And glorious ages gone Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb. In thy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown. To thee Earth's wonder and her pride Are gathered,...

...a poem of fourteen quatrains — three feet and four alternately. In the second quatrain, the lines And glorious ages gone Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb are, to us, disagreeable. Such images are common, but at best, repulsive. In the present case there...

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...thy dark domain, And fetters, sure and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. For in thy realm withdrawn Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom, And glorious ages goneLie deep within the shadow of thy womb. Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age, that...