Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up :... The castle of Santa Fe, by [the] author of Jealousy; or, The dreadful ... - Page 115 by Cleeve - 1805 Full view -
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