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before the golden trumpets of the dawn. These
gray banners fall so straight and long that here
and there they touch the water and float a little
way with it; indeed, their slight inclination is


the only indication of the current. Sometimes,
while the wind has yet its morning freshness,
these streamers wave and swing a little in the
sparkling air, and catch and tangle, and then
blow free again; but generally they hang like


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