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The god of day his car rolls up the slopes, / Reining his prancing steeds with steady hand;
The lingering moon through western shadows gropes, / While Morning sheds its light o'er sea and land.
Castles and cities by the sounding main / Resound with all the busy din of life;
The fisherman unfurls his sails again;
And the recruited warrior bides the strife.
The early breeze ruffles the poplar leaves;
The curling waves reflect the unseen light;
The slumbering sea with the day's impulse heaves, / While o'er the western hill retires the drowsy night.
The seabirds dip their bills in Ocean's foam, / Far circling out over the frothy waves, --