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... the arch'd roof in words deceiving : Apollo from his shrine , Can no more divine , With hollow shriek the step of Delphos cleaving : No mighty trance , or breathed spell , Inspires the pale - eye'd priest from the prophètic cell .
... the arch'd roof in words deceiving : Apollo from his shrine , Can no more divine , With hollow shriek the step of Delphos cleaving : No mighty trance , or breathed spell , Inspires the pale - eye'd priest from the prophètic cell .
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Page 30 - Now strike the golden lyre again: A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
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