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WEBSTER world wash the one and the other shore. We realize, on a mighty scale, the beautiful descrip- tion of the ornamental edging of the buckler of Achilles, —

  • 'Now the broad shield complete, the artist crowned

With his last hand, and poured the ocean round: In living silver seemed the waves to roll, And beat the buckler 's verge, and bound the whole. ' ' 75