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The sun, too, shines into cesspools, and is not polluted.
The sun, too, shines into cesspools, and is not polluted.
 When the Sun
 Clearest shineth
  Serenest in the heaven,
   Quickly are obscured
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 When the Sun
 Clearest shineth
  Serenest in the heaven,
   Quickly are obscured
    All over the earth
     Other stars. 
 The sun, centre and sire of light,
 The keystone of the world-built arch of heaven.  
 The sun, centre and sire of light,
 The keystone of the world-built arch of heaven. 
 See the gold sunshine patching,
 And streaming and streaking across
  The gray-green oaks; and catching,
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 See the gold sunshine patching,
 And streaming and streaking across
  The gray-green oaks; and catching,
   By its soft brown beard, the moss. 
 See the sun!
 God's crest upon His azure shield, the Heavens.  
 See the sun!
 God's crest upon His azure shield, the Heavens. 
Thou shalt come out of a warme Sunne into God's blessing.
Thou shalt come out of a warme Sunne into God's blessing.
 Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest 
forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide read more 
 Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest 
forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; 
the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western waves. But thou, 
thyself, movest alone. 
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
 Such words fall to often on our cold and careless ears with the 
triteness of long familiarity; but to read more 
 Such words fall to often on our cold and careless ears with the 
triteness of long familiarity; but to Octavia . . . they seemed 
to be written in sunbeams.