LESSON XXVI. 



ON THE RAINBOW. 



" Refracted from yon eastern clout! , 

 Bestriding earth the grand etheriel bow 

 Shoots up immense, and every hue unfolds, 

 In fair proportion running from the red, 

 To where the violet fades into the sky. 



THOMSON. 



DOUBTLESS you have frequently beheld thai 

 beautiful appearance known by the appellation 

 of the Rainbow, or Iris, bending gracefully and 

 majestically across the sky, painting the arched 

 vault with a pleasing variety of beautiful colours : 

 when this is viewed by the philosophic eye, it 

 immediately excites an inclination to explore the 

 cause of so curious and pleasing a phenomenon. 



Not so the playful boy ; 



He wondering views the bright enchantment bend, 



Delightful, o'er the radiant fields, and runs 



To catch the falling glory ; but, amazed, 



Behold t h' amimve arch before him fly, 



Then vanish quite away. THOMSON. 



By a perusal of holy writ you will discover, that 

 the Rainbow was first placed, and is still at times 



seen 



