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...frost-leaved forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a hreeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses...as if every image that mirrored lay In his depths serene through the summer day, Each flitting shadow of earth and sky, Lest the happy model should be...

...through, and here He had caught the nodding bulrush-tops And hung them thickly with diamond drops, That crystalled the beams of moon and sun, And made a star...rare device Could match this winter-palace of ice ; "Fwas as if every image that mirrored lay In his depths serene through the summer day, Each fleeting...

...here He had caught the nodding bulrush tops And hung them thickly with diamond drops, Which crystall'd the beams of moon and sun, And made a star of every...rare device Could match this winter-palace of ice : 'Twas as if every imnge that mirror'd lay In his depths serene through the summer day, Each flitting...

...smooth and clear For the gladness of heaven to shine through, and It had gathered all the cold, here No mortal builder's most rare device Could match this winter-palace of ice; 'Twas as if every image that mirrored lay Jn his depths serene through the summer day, Each fleeting...