But left him to his task, and took her way

Beside the ripples of the shell-strewn shore,

The southward stretching margin of a bay,

Whose sandy curves she pass’d, and taking stand

Upon its taper horn of furthest land,

Lookt left and right to rise and set of day.

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Fair was the sight; for now, though full an hour

The sun had sunk, she saw the evening light

In shifting colour to the zenith tower,