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It is no Spirit who from Heaven hath flown,And is descending on his embassy;Nor Traveller gone from Earth the Heavens to espy!'Tis Hesperus—there he stands with glittering crown,First admonition that the sun is down!For yet it is broad day-light: clouds pass by;A few are near him still—and now the sky,He hath it to himself—'tis all his own.O most ambitious Star! an inquest wroughtWithin me when I recognised thy light;A moment I was startled at the sight:And, while I gazed, there came to me a thoughtThat I might step beyond my natural raceAs thou seem'st now to do; might one day traceSome ground not mine; and, strong her strength above,My Soul, an Apparition in the place,Tread there, with steps that no one shall reprove!
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