See overmultitude on Wiktionary
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"text": "The herds would overmultitude their lords, The sea o'erfraught would swell, and the unsought diamonds Would so emblaze the forehead of the deep, And so bestud with stars, that they below Would grow inured to light, and come at last To gaze upon the sun with shameless brows.",
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