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Rh Her lovely feet descend the cloudy stair,

Great succour bringing to a world forlorn;

On either side a man and woman share

A common rapture, welcoming the dawn

Of God's new day, the everlasting morn—

Of such a day as shall from East to West

Dispel the darkness, doing Love's behest.

He turns a face all radiant to the Sun,

Enamoured of the sight he looks upon;

She to the end of what is now begun

Downgazes, stooping, shadowed by the throne

Made by a Maiden's arms, maternal grown;