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Storm had been on the hills. The day had worn     As if a sleep upon the hours had crept;     And the dark clouds that gather'd at the morn     In dull, impenetrable masses slept,     And the wept leaves hung droopingly, and all     Was like the mournful aspect of a pall.     Suddenly on the horizon's edge, a blue     And delicate line, as of a pencil, lay,     And, as it wider and intenser grew,     The darkness removed silently away,     And, with the splendor of a God, broke through     The perfect glory of departing day -     So, when his stormy pilgrimage is o'er,     Will light upon the dying Christian pour.

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"Storm had been on the hills. The day had worn..."

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