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An ofF'ring due to thee, 



Whate'er thine influence be, 



Apparent queen. 



Of fpells, and myftic works, and witchery unfcen. 



X. 



Ha ! — it flafhes on my brain — 



Give me — give fome horrid ftrain. — 



Th' incumbent air confefl^es 



The baneful freight, 



Of lunar beams, 



Shot forth in viewlefs ftreams ; 



And, with unwonted weight, 



The brain to chaos prefles. 



■ j^ither falls — it crufhes 



Thought — the blood with tide unequal rufhes, 



Hurried, hurried thro' the veins. 



Throbs, and wild tumultuous pains, 



Fiercely thrilling, keenly beating, 



With infernal ardours heating ; 



And now — fubfiding to a leaden flow 



Still and languid, cold and low, 



The black infeded fluids feebly creep, 



Like thofe Lethean ftreams, where ghofts for ever weep. 



XL 



Madnefs, with her moody band, 

 Owns thy pleni-lunar hand ; 



Her 



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