His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to …

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His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral were but a wand, He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle. ✨ 'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 292
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His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral were but a wand, He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle. ✨ 'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 292

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