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PASSION of plunging waters, blanched to spray,
‡‡‡‡But shot with sheen of chrysolite and beryl ;
Columnar mist and glistening rainbow play ;
‡‡‡‡A splendid thrill of glory and of peril.
Source: Katharine Lee Bates. America the Beautiful and Other Poems. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Publishers, 1911