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Show - Ul an RI L"" OF OCIET~ • imb proc1aim his second birth, an bound upon the earth. Iu quito spring ' c ..... xro r. an dri is ten er w· ngs, airy . _., . an man preY 350 · iou tr."be, CANTO J, PRODUCTION OF LIFE. Allied to fish, the lizard cleaves the flood With one-cell'd heart, and dark frigescent blood; Half-reasoning Beavers 1ong-unbreathing dart Through Erie's waves \vith perforated heart; With gills and lungs respiring Lampreys steer, Kiss the rude rocks, and suck till they adhere; The lazy Remo~a' s inhaling lips, Hung on the keel, retard the struggling ships; With gills pulmonic breathes the enormous Whale, And spouts aquatic columns to the gale; Sports on the shining wave at noontide hours, And shifting rainbows crest the rising sbo,vers. " So erst, ere rose the science to record In letter'd sy1Jab1es the volant word; 360 At noontide hours, 1. 363. The rainbows in our latitude ate only seen in the mornings or evenings, when the sun is not much more than forty-two degrees high. In the more northern latitudes, where the meridian sun is not more than forty-two degrees high, they are also visible at noon. F 33 |