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    "text": "The silver trumpets rang across the Dome:",
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    "text": "And borne upon the necks of men I saw,",
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    "text": "Like some great God, the Holy Lord of Rome.",
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    "text": "Priest-like, he wore a robe more white than foam,",
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    "text": "My heart stole back across wide wastes of years",
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    "text": "To One who wandered by a lonely sea,",
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