Wordsworth 's Excursion reads:
Already had the sun,
sinking with less than ordinary state,
Attained his western bound; but rays of light--
Now suddenly diverging from the orb
Retired behind the mountain-tops or veiled
By the dense air--shot upwards to the crown
Of the blue firmament--aloft, and wide
( Wordsworth, Poetical Works ,p. 306)
Ruskin italicizes words not italicized in the original text, otherwise quoting accurately.( Works, 5.361).