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 The sky
 is that beautiful old parchment
  in which the sun
   and the moon
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 The sky
 is that beautiful old parchment
  in which the sun
   and the moon
    keep their diary. 
 The mountain at a given distance
 In amber lies;
  Approached, the amber flits a little,--
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 The mountain at a given distance
 In amber lies;
  Approached, the amber flits a little,--
   And that's the skies! 
 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It 
will be fair weather: for the read more 
 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It 
will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky 
is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of 
the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 
 And they were canopied by the blue sky,
 So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful,
  That God alone read more 
 And they were canopied by the blue sky,
 So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful,
  That God alone was to be seen in Heaven. 
 "Darkly, deeply, beautifully blue,"
 As some one somewhere sings about the sky.  
 "Darkly, deeply, beautifully blue,"
 As some one somewhere sings about the sky. 
 The moon has set
 In a bank of jet
  That fringes the Western sky,
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 The moon has set
 In a bank of jet
  That fringes the Western sky,
   The pleiads seven
    Have sunk from heaven
     And the midnight hurries by;
      My hopes are flown
       And, alas! alone
        On my weary couch I lie. 
 How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky
 The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled!  
 How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky
 The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled! 
 Of evening tinct,
 The purple-streaming Amethyst is thine.  
 Of evening tinct,
 The purple-streaming Amethyst is thine.