and go into permanent camp just beyond the great river
Thus may an elephant in Afric wastes,
Oppressed by frequent darts, break those that fall
Rebounding from his horny hide, and shake
Those that find lodgment, while his life within
Lies safe, protected, nor doth spear avail
To reach the fount of blood. Unnumbered wounds
By arrow dealt, or lance, thus fail to slay
This single warrior. But lo! from far
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- either a watch or a clock; and an old man who was supposed
- individual looking out, to give the alarm in the event
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- of the lights. I put about off Westra, and stood northward
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- into Parliament in 1814, authorising the purchase of the
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- we used in the lighthouses upon this coast, which are under
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