The rising vapours catch the silver light ; Thence fancy measures, as they parting fly, Which first will throw its shadow on the eye, Passing the source of light ; and thence away, Succeeded quick by brighter still than they. The Farmer's Boy;: A Rural Poem - Page xlby Robert Bloomfield - 1806 - 99 pagesFull view - About this book
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...the eye, Passing the source of light ; and thence away, Succeeded quick by brighter still than they. Far yet above these wafted clouds are seen (In a remoter...Others, detach'd in ranges through the air, Spotless as sncw, and countless as they're fair, Scatter'd immensely wide from east to west, The beauteous semblance... | |
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