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I: The sable wings of Night pursuing day Across the opalescent hills, display The wondrous star-gems which the fiery suns Are scattering upon their fiery way.
II: O my Companion, Night is passing fair, Fairer than aught the dawn and sundown wear; And fairer, too, than all the gilded days Of blond Illusion and its golden snare.