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"To Morning" - From William Blake

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"O holy virgin! clad in purest white,
Unlock heav'n's golden gates and issue forth;
Awake the dawn that sleeps in heaven; let light
Rise from the chambers of the east, and bring
The honied dew that cometh on waking day.
O radiant morning, salute the sun,
Rouz'd like a huntsman to the chace; and with
Thy buskin'd feet, appear upon our hills."

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