From “The Winter Morning Walk:” “The Task,” Bk. V.

’T IS the morning, and the sun with ruddy orb
Ascending fires the horizon; while the clouds,
That crowd away before the driving wind,
More ardent as the disc emerges more,
Resembles most some city in a...

'Tis morning; and the sun, with ruddy orb

Ascending, fires th' horizon: while the clouds,

That crowd away before the driving wind,

More ardent as the disk emerges more,

Resemble most some city in a blaze,

Seen through...

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