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"Sweet sluggard! awaken!—Apollo is near!
Oh! fly ere the god shall thy slumbers surprise
His flame-wingèd coursers already I hear!
Aurora! my sister!—awaken! arise!"
Oh! fly ere the god shall thy slumbers surprise
His flame-wingèd coursers already I hear!
Aurora! my sister!—awaken! arise!"
And the goddess springs up from the slumbers that bound her,
And pauses in blushing bewilderment there;
Her rosy smiles melting the mist-wreath around her,—
Her gold-tresses shedding soft dew on the air!
And pauses in blushing bewilderment there;
Her rosy smiles melting the mist-wreath around her,—
Her gold-tresses shedding soft dew on the air!
Now slowly she comes!—Heaven kindles before her—
Her lark warbles proudly his passionate lay,-
Earth woos with a smile the light step of Aurora,—
And Beauty and Music awake in her way!
Her lark warbles proudly his passionate lay,-
Earth woos with a smile the light step of Aurora,—
And Beauty and Music awake in her way!
