Then Lelex rose, an old experienced man,
And thus with sober gravity began:
"Heaven's power is infinite; earth, air, and sea,
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By proof to clear your doubt: in Phrygian ground
Two neighboring trees, with walls encompassed round,
Stand on a moderate rise, with wonder shown,
One a hard oak, a softer linden one:
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Not far from thence is seen a lake, the haunt
Of coots, and of the fishing cormorant:
Here Jove with Hermes came; but in disguise
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