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Niagara

And when the sea

lashed by the wind hath rocked

my bark and showed

its yawning eyes[?] beneath me[,] I have

loved its dampers and the wrath of

elements[.] but never yet the madngs [MADDENINGS?]

of the sea

hath moved me as thy grandeur moves me more[?]

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Perfect benevolenc[E] methinks had with

inceasing happiness and peace and joy

Filed [FILLED] the whole universe of human hearts

with pleasure like a flowing spring of life

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Since in each scheme of life I fail

And disappointment seems entailed

O, solitude now[?] give me rest

And hush the tempest in my breast

a gentle[?] dawn[?] to guide my feet

To your hermit headed[?] or sent

Where I may live at last my own

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