And beginneth her toil while the morn is still grey,

As if she was washing the night into day—

Not with sleeker or rosier fingers Aurora

Beginneth to scatter the dewdrops before her;

Not Venus that rose from the billow so early,

Look'd down on the foam with a forehead more pearly[217]

Her head is involv'd in an aërial mist,

And a bright-beaded bracelet encircles her wrist;

Her visage glows warm with the ardour of duty;

She's Industry's moral—she's all moral beauty!