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 And Valisnerian lotus, thither flown From struggling with the waters of the Rhone: And thy most lovely purple perfume, Zante! Isola d'oro! – Fior di Levante! And the Nelumbo bud that floats for ever With Indian Cupid down the holy river – Fair flowers, and fairy! to whose care is given To bear the Goddess' song, in odours, up to Heaven:

"Spirit! that dwellest where,   In the deep sky,     The terrible and fair,     In beauty vie!     Beyond the line of blue –     The boundary of the star     Which turneth at the view     Of thy barrier and thy bar –     Of the barrier overgone