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Their bright approach impurity refines;At every touch the linen brighter shines,Whether they bathe it in the crystal wave,Or from the stream the whitening surges lave, 90Or from the painted cann the fountain pour,Softly descending in a shining shower;Till, as it lies, its fair transparent hueShows like a lily dipt in morning dew. As shines the moon among the lesser fires,Unrivalled Glasgow lifts her stately spires:For Commerce, glorious with her golden crown,Has marked fair Glasgow for her favourite town:She makes her stately edifices thrive,And merchants rich, in princely splendor live; 100Extends her spacious streets on every side,And bids her poor in palaces reside. Where royal Nassau rides aloft, and roundHis daring brows a wreath of laurels bound,As in a common centre, meet combinedFour spacious streets, which stretch to every wind:The distant buildings vanish from the view,Nor can the weary eye their length pursue. Lofty and large the stately temples rise,Fit for His worship who spread out the skies. 110
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