Colors are but phantoms of the day, 
With that they’re cae se that Aa fade away ; 
Like beauty’s charms, they but amuse the sight, 
Dark in themselves, till by reflection bright; 
With the sun’s aid, to Fival bi im they Secuge 
But light withdrawn, i re lost 
Fairest of beings! first created light! 
Prime cause of ergo for from thee alone, 
The sparkling gem, the vegetable race, 
The nobler worlds that live and breathe their charms, 
The lively hues peculiar to each tribe, 
unfailing 
source of ‘atid draw. ..... Hallet. 
HYMN TO LIGHT. 
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Say, from what golden quivers of the sky 
Do all thy winged arrows fly? 
Swiftness ini power by birth are thine: 
sire they came, thy sire, the word divine. 
From thy great 
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en, goddess! thou liftest up thy wakened head, 
Thy quire 
And all the joyful world salutes the rising day. 
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Thou the rich dye on them besto’ 
Thy nimble pencil paints this elvan as thou goest. 
A ent in the rose thou wearest, 
A crown of studded gold el bearest; 
The virgin-lilies, in their w 
Are clad but with the lawn se camo naked light. 
The violet, spring’s little infant, eS 
Thou clothest it in a gay and ares colored coat. 
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Cowley. 
r emerging from yon Sint Ea 
Botanic Goddess! bend thy radiant eyes 
O’er these soft scenes assume ge gentle reign, 
Pomona, Ceres, Flora, in thy tr 
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She comes! i eae through the whispering air, 
Bright as the morn, descends her blushing car, 
Each circling wheel a wreath of flowers entwines, 
And, gemm owers, the ess shines 5 
The golden bits with flowery studs are decked, 
the crimson reins connect, 
And now, on earth, the silver axle rings, 
And the shell sinks upon its slender springs; 
Light from her airy seat the goddess + boi 
And steps celestial press the pansied grounds. . . . Darwin. 
