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At once the Four spread out their ftarry wings With dreadful shade contiguous , and the orbs Of his fierce chariot roll'd , as with the found Of torrent floods , or of a numerous hoft . He on his impiou's foe right onward drove , Gloomy ...
At once the Four spread out their ftarry wings With dreadful shade contiguous , and the orbs Of his fierce chariot roll'd , as with the found Of torrent floods , or of a numerous hoft . He on his impiou's foe right onward drove , Gloomy ...
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