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... So much the rather , thou CELESTIAL LIGHT , Shine inward , and the mind through all her pow'rs Irradiate ; there plant eyes , all mift from thence Purge and difperfe , that we may fee and tell Of things invifible to mortal fight ...
... So much the rather , thou CELESTIAL LIGHT , Shine inward , and the mind through all her pow'rs Irradiate ; there plant eyes , all mift from thence Purge and difperfe , that we may fee and tell Of things invifible to mortal fight ...
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