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DOVER ROAD. 33
of bills opened upon the Channel. The waters
were discoloured by darkness, and assumed a
terrific blackness. On their edge arose sullen
clisfs, in frowning precipices; and the vault
above, commencing in a deep blue, descended in
gradations, till the colouring of the sea almost
blended with it. But the shades of night were
not now to be completed; a faint redness began
to gleam on the out-line of the hills, and the
surface of France became momentarily more visi-
ble as the fiery arch extended North and South,
and towards the zenith. The waves beneath,
catching the reflection, seemed to form an im-
perfect circle ; and immediately after the segment
os another appeared in the centre, of scarlet
tinged with crimson. Thus rose the Moon,
swelled in magnitude by the refraction of va-
pours, till the van: orb appeared detached from
the horizon, flaming distorted and portentous.
Instantly the <c first impressions" were fixed, and
the North Briton's second light whispered in my
ear, *' Even as the Moon appeared on the natural
horizon, so doth the political; the vapours of the
mind are in motion, anger flames its rays on
them, they are agitated, and finally will explode."
The Moon hath risen in blood srom France:
when will it have revolved its course ?
Dover
of bills opened upon the Channel. The waters
were discoloured by darkness, and assumed a
terrific blackness. On their edge arose sullen
clisfs, in frowning precipices; and the vault
above, commencing in a deep blue, descended in
gradations, till the colouring of the sea almost
blended with it. But the shades of night were
not now to be completed; a faint redness began
to gleam on the out-line of the hills, and the
surface of France became momentarily more visi-
ble as the fiery arch extended North and South,
and towards the zenith. The waves beneath,
catching the reflection, seemed to form an im-
perfect circle ; and immediately after the segment
os another appeared in the centre, of scarlet
tinged with crimson. Thus rose the Moon,
swelled in magnitude by the refraction of va-
pours, till the van: orb appeared detached from
the horizon, flaming distorted and portentous.
Instantly the <c first impressions" were fixed, and
the North Briton's second light whispered in my
ear, *' Even as the Moon appeared on the natural
horizon, so doth the political; the vapours of the
mind are in motion, anger flames its rays on
them, they are agitated, and finally will explode."
The Moon hath risen in blood srom France:
when will it have revolved its course ?
Dover