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CANTO I.] In swifter ripples stream aside the seas,

Which her bold bow flings off with dashing ease.

Thus Argo ploughed the Euxine's virgin foam,

But those she wafted still looked back to home;

These spurn their country with their rebel bark,

And fly her as the raven fled the Ark;

And yet they seek to nestle with the dove,

And tame their fiery spirits down to Love.

End of Canto 1st, Jn 14.