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THE LAUNCH OF THE LIVADIA.

i.

Gold, and fair marbles, and again more gold,

⁠And space of halls afloat that glance and gleam
⁠Like the green heights of sunset heaven, or seem
The golden steeps of sunrise red and cold
On deserts where dark exile keeps the fold
⁠Fast of the flocks of torment, where no beam
⁠Falls of kind light or comfort save in dream,
These we far off behold not, who behold

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