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Far from the western cliffs he cast his eye
O'er the wide ocean stretching to the sky:
In calm magnificence the sun declined,
And left a paradise of clouds behind:
Proud at his feet, with pomp of pearl and gold,
The billows in a sea of glory roll'd.
O'er the wide ocean stretching to the sky:
In calm magnificence the sun declined,
And left a paradise of clouds behind:
Proud at his feet, with pomp of pearl and gold,
The billows in a sea of glory roll'd.
—Ah! on this sea of glory might I sail,
'Track the bright sun, and pierce the eternal veil
'That hides those lands, beneath Hesperian skies,
'Whcre day-light sojourns till our morrow rise!'
'Track the bright sun, and pierce the eternal veil
'That hides those lands, beneath Hesperian skies,
'Whcre day-light sojourns till our morrow rise!'
Thoughtful he wander'd on the beach alone;
Mild o'er the deep the vesper planet shone,
The eye of evening, brightening through the west
Till the sweet moment when it shut to rest:
'Whither, O, golden Venus! art thou fled?
'Not in the ocean-chambers lies thy bed;
'Round the dim world thy glittering chariot drawn
'Pursues the twilight, or precedes the dawn;
Mild o'er the deep the vesper planet shone,
The eye of evening, brightening through the west
Till the sweet moment when it shut to rest:
'Whither, O, golden Venus! art thou fled?
'Not in the ocean-chambers lies thy bed;
'Round the dim world thy glittering chariot drawn
'Pursues the twilight, or precedes the dawn;