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'Tis morn. Behold the kingly Day now leaps The eastern wall of earth with sword in hand, Clad in a flowing robe of mellow light. Like to a king that has regain'd his throne, He warms his drooping subjects into joy, That rise rejoiced to do him fealty, And rules with pomp the universal world.
'Tis morn. Behold the kingly Day now leaps The eastern wall of earth with sword in hand, Clad in a flowing robe of mellow light. Like to a king that has regain'd his throne, He warms his drooping subjects into joy, That rise rejoiced to do him fealty, And rules with pomp the universal world.
In print by 1901 AD · modern
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- JOAQUIN MILLER (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1901 AD · modern
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- Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (1901) (1901 AD)
Quote1828 · printed citation: JOAQUIN MILLER: Ina, Sc. 2.
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