" CELESTIAL JEWELS!' 



red and blue, that will suspend in the firmament a crescent 

 of gold j another will seem to drop from the azure circle like 

 a gorgeous cluster of emerald fruit. Ruby moons, opaline 



FIG. 82. "Bright with the beauty of the silver moon. :> 



moons, moons of jasper and amethyst, all shining with a 

 mystic and indescribable radiance, surely the heavens are 

 decked with jewels like an Eastern queen ! 



Our poets may chant the praises of our modest, simple 

 nights, of our calm, hushed heavens, bright only with the 

 beauty of the silver moon, which pours its pale lustre with a 

 winning charm on town and tree, on wood and lake. They 

 may sing, as Barry Cornwall sings 



