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Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky.
Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky.
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 655 · quotation 17 · Byron · Don Juan. Canto I. St. 122.
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