O'er yonder eastern hill the twilight pale Walks forth from… - Mark Akenside

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O'er yonder eastern hill the twilight pale
Walks forth from darkness; and the God of day,
With bright Astraea seated by his side,
Waits yet to leave the ocean.

Mark Akenside

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Mark Akenside (November 9, 1721 – June 23, 1770) was an English poet and physician.

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Also Known As: Bard of Imagination

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Man loves knowledge, and the beams of truth
More welcome touch his understanding's eye
Than all the blandishments of sound his ear,
Than all of taste his tongue.

Oft the hours
From morn to eve have stolen unmark'd away,
While mute attention hung upon his lips.

Than Timoleon's arms require,
And Tully's curule chair, and Milton's golden lyre.

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