o confirm -flew
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Clashe din of war,
o of heavn.
tood a far wop [ 670 ]
Belc entire
Sed sign
t in allic Ore,
th speed
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Of Pioners h Spade and Pickax armd
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From s [ 680 ]
ere al, admiring more
t, trodn Gold,
t divine or holy else enjoyd
In vision beatific: by
Men also, and by ion taught, [ 685 ]
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Rifld th
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t ric soyle may best
Deserve t those
in mortal tell
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Learn est Monuments of Fame, [ 695 ]
And Strengt are easily out-done
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in an age t toyle
And hands innumerable scarce perform.