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“Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism, Sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, Drops his blue-fring'd lids, and holds them close, And hooting at the glorious sun in heaven Cries out, "Where is it?"”
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- Source:
- Fears in Solitude.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 8f9320cbf3c877572305c9826a0c6f1647d3fd01de77eba612686b9c33421a33
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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