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'Thy beauty noon and midnight never see,
'The morn and eve divide the year with thee.'
'The morn and eve divide the year with thee.'
Soft fell the shades, till Cynthia's slender bow
Crested the farthest wave, then sunk below:
'Tell me, resplendent guardian of the night,
'Circling the sphere in thy perennial flight,
'What secret path of heaven thy smiles adorn,
'What nameless sea reflects thy gleaming horn?'
Crested the farthest wave, then sunk below:
'Tell me, resplendent guardian of the night,
'Circling the sphere in thy perennial flight,
'What secret path of heaven thy smiles adorn,
'What nameless sea reflects thy gleaming horn?'
Now earth and ocean vanish'd, all serene
The starry firmament alone was seen;
Through the slow, silent hours, he watch'd the host
Of midnight suns in western darkness lost,
Till Night himself, on shadowy pinions borne,
Fled o'er the mighty waters, and the morn
Danced on the mountains:—'Lights of heaven!' he cried,
'Lead on;—I go to win a glorious bride;
The starry firmament alone was seen;
Through the slow, silent hours, he watch'd the host
Of midnight suns in western darkness lost,
Till Night himself, on shadowy pinions borne,
Fled o'er the mighty waters, and the morn
Danced on the mountains:—'Lights of heaven!' he cried,
'Lead on;—I go to win a glorious bride;