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Rh 10. Though mightiest in the lists of fame,

That glorious city still shall be;

On me 'twill hold a dearer claim,

As spot of thy nativity:

11. And though I bid thee now farewell,

When I behold that wondrous scene—

Since where thou art I may not dwell—

'Twill soothe to be where thou hast been. September, 1809. [First published, Childe Harold, 1812(4to).]

STANZAS COMPOSED DURING A THUNDERSTORM.

1. and mirk is the nightly blast,

Where Pindus' mountains rise, Variants Notes