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  	                       SUNRISE AT PLEASANT VIEW 

  	    Who shall describe the brave splendor of a November
18	sky that this morning burst through the lattice for me,
  	on my bed? According to terrestrial calculations, above
  	the horizon, in the east, there rose one rod of rainbow
21	hues, crowned with an acre of eldritch ebony. Little
  	by little this topmost pall, drooping over a deeply daz-
  	zling sunlight, softened, grew gray, then gay, and glided
24	into a glory of mottled marvels. Fleecy, faint, fairy
  	blue and golden flecks came out on a background of
  	cerulean hue; while the lower lines of light kindled into
27	gold, orange, pink, crimson, violet; and diamond, topaz,
  	opal, garnet, turquoise, and sapphire spangled the gloom
  	in celestial space as with the brightness of His glory. 
30	Then thought I, What are we, that He who fashions for-
      
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 1	ever such forms and hues of heaven, should move our
  	brush or pen to paint frail fairness or to weave a web
 3	of words that glow with gladdening gleams of God, so
  	unapproachable, and yet so near and full of radiant relief
  	in clouds and darkness!