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EAST TO WEST.

Sunset smiles on sunrise: east and west are one,
Face to face in heaven before the sovereign sun.
From the springs of the dawn everlasting a glory renews
and transfigures the west,
From the depths of the sunset a light as of morning
enkindles the broad sea's breast,
And the lands and the skies and the waters are glad of
the day's and the night's work done.

Child of dawn, and regent on the world-wide sea,
England smiles on Europe, fair as dawn and free.

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