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Already Night had past her middle way, and all the starry host with th’ alien light rained on the breadth of Earth their radiance gay; and now was Sleep tired man’s supreme delight.
Th’ illustrious Captain weary, wayworn, lay, with careful watching through the cares of night, a short repose for anxious eyne he snatchèd:
The men on duty at their quarters watchèd.