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Here, interrupting, broke upon his plaint
The peering morn—the dun-discolour'd clouds,
Dispersing fast, unveil the fleecy white:
Fair dawns the new-born-day; and o'er the sky
The ruddy crimson, and the heaven-dipt blue,
Mix'd with the fainter yellow's streaky gold,
Chequering the air in rich variety,
Fortell the Sun's uprise—from his broad beam,
(Too garnish for the melancholy mind)
GENIUS withdrew, and clos'd his tender lay.
The peering morn—the dun-discolour'd clouds,
Dispersing fast, unveil the fleecy white:
Fair dawns the new-born-day; and o'er the sky
The ruddy crimson, and the heaven-dipt blue,
Mix'd with the fainter yellow's streaky gold,
Chequering the air in rich variety,
Fortell the Sun's uprise—from his broad beam,
(Too garnish for the melancholy mind)
GENIUS withdrew, and clos'd his tender lay.
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