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II. :::There was a little light That twinkled in the misty distance:
 * None but a spirit's eye
 * Might ken that rolling orb;
 * None but a spirit's eye,
 * And in no other place

But that celestial dwelling, might behold Each action of this earth's inhabitants.
 * But matter, space, and time

In those aerial mansions cease to act; And all-prevailing wisdom, when it reaps The harvest of its excellence, o'erbounds Those obstacles, of which an earthly soul
 * Fears to attempt the conquest.


 * The Fairy pointed to the earth.
 * The Spirit's intellectual eye
 * Its kindred beings recognized.

The thronging thousands, to a passing view,
 * Seemed like an anthill's citizens.
 * How wonderful! that even

The passions, prejudices, interests, That sway the meanest being, the weak touch
 * That moves the finest nerve,

And in one human brain Causes the faintest thought, becomes a link
 * In the great chain of nature.


 * Behold, the Fairy cried.
 * Palmyra's ruined palaces!—
 * Behold! where grandeur frowned;

Rh