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II

But see! from the deepening dark
Of the dumb and slumbering plain,
Sudden a new song springs;
Gold lights on the plain
Suddenly gleam and quiver,
Suddenly, over all the plain
Glimmer, now, golden lights.

As instruments with strings
Quiver, as dreaming reeds
Gleam, soft, in symphonies,
On the wide orchestral plain,
From the foot-hills to the sea’s
Margin, bright companies,
Choirs of golden lights.

O glittering harmony!
O tranquil jubilee!
The lamp-set champaign sings!
A thousand golden lights
Gleam, a thousand sparks
Glow, out of the deepening dark
Now, the deepening night.