Chapter 23 No.23

As when the deluge first began to fall,

That mighty ebb never to flow again,

When this huge body's moisture was so great,

It quite o'ercame the vital heat;

That mountain which was highest, first of all

Appear'd above the universal main,

To bless the primitive sailor's weary sight;

And 'twas perhaps Parnassus, if in height

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