 The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss ; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture ;...  The Idler in Italy - Page 9by Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1840Full view - About this book
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