Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on — Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
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Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on wings of flame, And soars and shines, another and the same.

— Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation
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