How Fleet Is A Glance Of The Mind! Compared With The Speed Of Its Flight The Tempest Itself Lags Behind, And The Swift-winged Arrows Of Light.

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How fleet is a glance of the mind!
Compared with the speed of its flight
The tempest itself lags behind,
And the swift-winged arrows of light.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800)
-- Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk

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