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First Line: Now rosy morning clad in light
Last Line: "see, I am mounting to the skies."
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Morning


NOW rosy morning clad in light,
Dispels the darkling clouds of night,
The sun in gold and purple drest,
Illumines all adown the east;
The sky-lark flies on soaring wings,
And as he mounts to heaven, thus sings:
"Arise, ye slothful mortals, rise!
See me ascending to the skies:
Ye never taste the joys of dawn,
Ye never roam the dewy lawn,
Ye see not Phoebus rising now,
Tinging with gold the mountain's brow;
Ye ne'er remark the smiling land,
Nor see the early flowers expand.
Then rise ye slothful mortal, rise,
See, I am mounting to the skies."









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