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Old 04-18-2005, 04:55 AM   #569
Son of Númenor
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A God, a God their severance ruled;
And bade betwixt their shores to be
The unplumb'd, salt, estranging sea.
These line in particular resonated deeply with me when I read Arnold's "To Marguerite", but I've decided that at last it is time to exchange it for a more contemporary (though no less pertinent to my own inclinations) quotation.
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