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XVII.

But that she goes to this old thorn, The thorn which I’ve described to you, And there sits in a scarlet cloak, I will be sworn is true. For one day with my telescope, To view the ocean wide and bright, When to this country first I came, Ere I had heard of Martha’s name, I climbed the mountain’s height: A storm came on, and I could see No object higher than my knee.