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And thirty miles to Westward, the grey cloud

Flushed into answering pink. Long shadows streamed

From every hill, and the low hanging shroud

Of mist along the valleys broke and steamed

Gold-flecked to heaven. Far off the armour gleamed

Like glass upon the dead man’s back. But now

The sentinel ran forward, hand to brow,

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And staring. For between him and the sun