| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| The Spectrum |
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| HOW many colors here do we see set, | |
| Like rings upon God’s finger? Some say three, | |
| Some four, some six, some seven. All agree | |
| To left of red, to right of violet, | |
| Waits darkness deep as night and black as jet. | 5 |
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| And so we know what Noah saw we see, | |
| Nor less nor more—of God’s emblazonry | |
| A shred—a sign of glory known not yet. | |
| If red can glide to yellow, green to blue, | |
| What joys may yet await our wider eyes | 10 |
| When we rewake upon a wider shore! | |
| What deep pulsations, exquisite and new! | |
| What keener, swifter raptures may surprise | |
| Men born to see the rainbow and no more! | |
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