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Spirit appeared to save them, launching fiery darts into him j 

 that at length the monster fled, bounding over the Ohio and the 

 great lakes. So recently a monster of Discord threatened our 

 peace and safety, but thanks to God ! he has recently bounded 

 over the Rocky mountains and into the great Pacific sea. He 

 leaves our broad domain in peace, and the prospects of a future 

 grandeur, too great for even the poet to conceive. 



