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Pearl-lilac blent with pearly rose, The dawn bloomed slowly out of dusk,-- As some huge cactus from its husk Bursts vast a bloom whose chalice glows A grotto of transmuted dyes;-- Such wild, auroral light as flows On ice-peaks from unearthly skies.

Dove-purple shifting into shades Of opal,--like the tints which dwell With fire in the ocean-shell,-- The sunset flashed above the glades Through skies of nacre and of flame;-- Such supernatural light as braids Dim coral caves, that have no name.