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by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Published 01/07/1880
Part of Hymn of Apollo
I stand at noon upon the peak of Heaven,
Then with unwilling steps I wander down
Into the clouds of the Atlantic even;
For grief that I depart they weep and frown:
What look is more delightful than the smile
With which I soothe them from the western isle?