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VI.Such heavenly help the kneeling people sought; At every shrine they breathed their reverent vows:When, borne from far, on rising blasts, they caught The noise of swelling floods and cleaving prows. Uplifted they their earth-abasèd brows,With breath that scarce, for wonder, heaved the breast; As when his path the sparry iceberg plowsThrough drifting deeps, fast rending crest from crest,So that far-voyaged fleet the waters did molest.
VII.And scarlet pennons floated on the gales, And yellow flags were waving in the sun;On glittering yards full whitely swung the sails— Bay-wreathed were they, as Victory, lightly won, Already smiled and told of battles done;Loud were the singing crews, the dense array
