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Oft, on a plat of rising ground, i hear the far-off curfew sound over some wide-watered shore, swinging low with sullen roar.
-John Milton
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Oft, On A Plat Of Rising Ground,

John Milton
Oft, on a plat of rising ground, i hear the far-off curfew sound over some wide-watered shore, swinging low with sullen roar.
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