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 O beautiful rainbow;--all woven of light!
 There's not in thy tissue one shadow of night;
  Heaven surely read more 
 O beautiful rainbow;--all woven of light!
 There's not in thy tissue one shadow of night;
  Heaven surely is open when thou dost appear.
   And, bending thee above, the angels draw near,
    And sing,--"The rainbow! the rainbow!
     The smile of God is here." 
 Over her hung a canopy of state,
 Not of rich tissue, nor of spangled gold,
  But of read more 
 Over her hung a canopy of state,
 Not of rich tissue, nor of spangled gold,
  But of a substance, though not animate,
   Yet of a heavenly and spiritual mould,
    That only eyes of spirits might behold. 
Rain, rain, and sun! a rainbow in the sky!
Rain, rain, and sun! a rainbow in the sky!
 Pride of the dewy morning,
 The swain's experienced eye
  From thee takes timely warning.
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 Pride of the dewy morning,
 The swain's experienced eye
  From thee takes timely warning.
   Nor trusts the gorgeous sky.
   - John Keble, 
 A rainbow in the morning
 Is the Shepherd's warning;
  But a rainbow at night
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 A rainbow in the morning
 Is the Shepherd's warning;
  But a rainbow at night
   Is the Shepherd's delight. 
 Mild arch of promise! on the evening sky
 Thou shinest fair with many a lovely ray,
  Each read more 
 Mild arch of promise! on the evening sky
 Thou shinest fair with many a lovely ray,
  Each in the south melting. 
 What skilful limner e'er would choose
 To paint the rainbow's varying hues,
  Unless to mortal it were read more 
 What skilful limner e'er would choose
 To paint the rainbow's varying hues,
  Unless to mortal it were given
   To dip his brush in dyes of heaven? 
 'Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep
 From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high
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 'Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep
 From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high
  The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky.