As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, an…

Oliver Goldsmith
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As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,- Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. ✨ Oliver Goldsmith (1871). The works of Oliver Goldsmith: Vicar of Wakefield, select poems and comedies, with intr., notes and a life by J.F. Waller, p.199
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