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GNOMES! YOU then taught volcanic airs to force
Through bubbling Lavas their resistless course,
O'er the broad walls of rifted Granite climb,
And pierce the rent roof of incumbent Lime,
Round sparry caves metallic lustres fling,
And bear phlogiston on their tepid wing.

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Irish poet and songwriter, friend of Byron, celebrated for Irish Melodies and lyrical romantic verse.

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