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MOUNT MERU.



Swift through the sky the vessel of the SurasSails up the fields of ether like an Angel,Rich is the freight, O Vessel, that thou bearest!Beauty and Virtue,Fatherly cares and filial veneration,Hearts which are prov’d and strengthen’d by affliction,Manly resentment, fortitude and action,Womanly goodness;All with which Nature halloweth her daughters,Tenderness, truth and purity and meekness,Piety, patience, faith and resignation,Love and devotement.