Maxioms by Bayard Ruskin
 Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened,
 But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.
  The clouds o'er their read more 
 Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened,
 But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.
  The clouds o'er their summits they calmly did rest,
   And hung on the ether's invisible breast;
    Than the vapours of earth they seemed purer, more bright,--
     Oh! could they be clouds? 'Twas the necklace of night. 
 Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never 
the same for two months together; almost human in its passions, 
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 Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never 
the same for two months together; almost human in its passions, 
almost spiritual in its tenderness, almost Divine in its 
infinity. 
 Shadows are in reality, when the sun is shining, the most 
conspicuous thing in a landscape, next to the read more 
 Shadows are in reality, when the sun is shining, the most 
conspicuous thing in a landscape, next to the highest lights. 
 I've seen the Rhine with younger wave,
 O'er every obstacle to rave.
  I see the Rhine in read more 
 I've seen the Rhine with younger wave,
 O'er every obstacle to rave.
  I see the Rhine in his native wild
   Is still a mighty mountain child. 
 The scupltor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common 
observer of life and nature.  
 The scupltor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common 
observer of life and nature.