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112 That tinctur'd as it runs with Lethe's streams, And wafting Vapours from the Land of dreams, (As under seas Alphæus' secret sluice Bears Pisa's off'rings to his Arethuse) Pours into Thames: and hence the mingled wave Intoxicates the pert, and lulls the grave: Here brisker vapours o'er the Temple creep, There, all from Paul's to Aldgate drink and sleep. Thence to the banks where rev'rend Bards repose, They led him soft; each rev'rend Bard arose;