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A POEM.
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The rayons of the sun we see  Diminish in their strength; The shade of every tower and tree  Extended is in length.
Great is the calm, for every where  The wind is sittin down; The reik throws upright in the air,  From every tower and town.
There firdowning, the bony birds  In banks they do begin; With pipes of reeds the jolly herds  Holds up the merry din.
The mavis and the philomen,  The stirling whistles loud; The cushats on the branches green  Full quietly they croud.
The gloming comes, the day is spent,  The sun goes out of sight; And painted is the Occident  With purpour sanguine bright.
The scarlet nor the golden thread,  Who would their beauty try,
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