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HILE raging tempeſts ſhake the ſhore, While Æ'lus '  thunders round us roar, And ſweep impetuous o'er the plain Be ſtill, O tyrant of the main; Nor let thy brow contracted frowns betray, While my Suſannah ſkims the wat'ry way.

The Pow'r propitious hears the lay, The blue-ey'd daughters of the ſea With ſweeter cadence glide along. And Thames reſponſive joins the ſong. Pleas'd with their notes Sol ſheds benign his ray, And double radiance decks the face of day.

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