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At length the Dawn with orient Beams appears,
The Shades disperse, and Man awakes to Cares.
Studious to please, her graceful length of Hair
With Art she binds, that wanton'd with the Air;
From her soft Cheek she wipes the Tear away,
And bids keen Lightnings from her Eyes to play;
From Limb to Limb refreshing Unguents pours,
Unguents, that breathe of Heav'n, in copious Show'rs;
Her Robe she next assumes; bright Clasps of Gold
Close to the less'ning Waist the Robe infold;
Dawn from her swelling Loins, the rest unbound
Floats in rich Waves redundant o'er the Ground:
Last, with a shining Veil her Cheeks she shades,
Then swimming smooth along magnificently treads.
The Shades disperse, and Man awakes to Cares.
Studious to please, her graceful length of Hair
With Art she binds, that wanton'd with the Air;
From her soft Cheek she wipes the Tear away,
And bids keen Lightnings from her Eyes to play;
From Limb to Limb refreshing Unguents pours,
Unguents, that breathe of Heav'n, in copious Show'rs;
Her Robe she next assumes; bright Clasps of Gold
Close to the less'ning Waist the Robe infold;
Dawn from her swelling Loins, the rest unbound
Floats in rich Waves redundant o'er the Ground:
Last, with a shining Veil her Cheeks she shades,
Then swimming smooth along magnificently treads.
Thus forward moves the fairest of her Kind,
Blind to the future, to the present blind;
Blind to the future, to the present blind;
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