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is the sun when first he flames above,
 * Flinging his joy down in a happy beam;

And happy he who can salute with love
 * The sunset far more glorious than a dream.

Flower, stream, and furrow!—I have seen them all
 * In the sun’s eye swoon like one trembling heart—

Though it be late let us with speed depart
 * To catch at least one ray ere it fall!

But I pursue the fading god in vain, For conquering Night makes firm her dark domain,
 * Mist and gloom fall, and terrors glide between,

And graveyard odours in the shadow swim, And my faint footsteps on the marsh’s rim 8
 * Bruise the cold snail and crawling toad unseen.