Of the blind vapor, opened to my view Glory beyond all glory ever seen By waking sense or by the dreaming soul ! The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into... The Works of John Ruskin - Page 382by John Ruskin - 1908Full view - About this book
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| Spalding Club, Aberdeen - Scotland - 1839 - 604 pages
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| John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
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| 1849 - 208 pages
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...with their freight homeward the shepherds moved Through the dull mist, I following — when a step, A single step, that freed me from the skirts Of the blind vapor, opened to my view 7* Glory beyond all glory ever seen By waking sense or by the dreaming soul... | |
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