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The sun shineth upon the dunghill and is not corrupted.
The sun shineth upon the dunghill and is not corrupted.
High in his chariot glow'd the lamp of day.
High in his chariot glow'd the lamp of day.
 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. 
 Father of rosy day,
 No more thy clouds of incense rise;
  But waking flow'rs,
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 Father of rosy day,
 No more thy clouds of incense rise;
  But waking flow'rs,
   At morning hours,
    Give out their sweets to meet thee in the skies. 
 Failing yet gracious,
 Slow pacing, soon homing,
  A patriarch that strolls
   Through the tents read more 
 Failing yet gracious,
 Slow pacing, soon homing,
  A patriarch that strolls
   Through the tents of his children,
    The sun as he journeys
     His round on the lower
      Ascents of the blue,
       Washes the roofs
        And the hillsides with clarity. 
In climes beyond the solar road.
In climes beyond the solar road.
 She stood breast-high amid the corn,
 Clasp'd by the golden light of morn,
  Like the sweetheart of read more 
 She stood breast-high amid the corn,
 Clasp'd by the golden light of morn,
  Like the sweetheart of the sun,
   Who many a glowing kiss had won. 
 See the sun!
 God's crest upon His azure shield, the Heavens.  
 See the sun!
 God's crest upon His azure shield, the Heavens. 
 The sun, which passeth through pollutions and itself remains as 
pure as before.  
 The sun, which passeth through pollutions and itself remains as 
pure as before.