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Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895], at

p. 223

HYMN XII

A prayer to Ushas or Dawn for wealth and long life

1Dawn drives away her sister's gloom, and through her excellence
  makes her retrace her path.
 Through her may we gain God-appointed treasure, and with
  brave sons be glad through hundred winters.