 How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God.  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 691821Full view - About this book
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...nitido gavisus honore1. 75 1 See Campbell's Ode to the Rainbow. "And when its yellow lustre smiled On mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God." 2 — 2 Scilicet exiraio passim suffusa nitore Per lacrymas ridet tellus ; agrique cubantes, Purpureseque... | |
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