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    "text": "Weary of myself, and sick of asking",
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    "text": "“Ah, once more,” I cried, “ye Stars, ye Waters,",
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    "text": "“And with joy the stars perform their shining,",
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    "text": "“Bounded by themselves, and unobservant",
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    "text": "These attain the mighty life you see.”",
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    "text": "O air-born Voice! long since, severely clear,",
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