Verse 9
9. Wings of the morning Wings of the dawn are swift wings, like the early light, which spreads swiftly.
Uttermost parts of the sea The ancients supposed the sea everywhere surrounded the land, and hence the description is of the utmost limit of the globe. It also stands for extreme west, as opposed to “morning,” or earliest dawn, in the preceding line. In this view the supposition is equal to the extreme points of the universe.
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