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Mighty Eagle

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Mighty eagle! thou that soarest
O'er the misty mountain forest,
And amid the light of morning
Like a cloud of glory hiest,
And when night descends defiest
The embattled tempests' warning!




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