. The works of John Ruskin . this cloud are said—with whattruth I know not^—to send the sunbeams round theminstead of through them; somehow or other, at any rate,they resolve them into their prismatic element; and thenyou have literally a kaleidoscope in the sky, with everypolour of the prism in absolute purity; but above all inforce, now, the ruby red and the green,—-with purple, andviolet-blue, in a virtual equality, more definite than that ofthe rainbow.* The red in the rainbow is mostly brick red,the violet, though beautiful, often lost at the edge; but inthe prismatic cloud the violet, th
. The works of John Ruskin . this cloud are said—with whattruth I know not^—to send the sunbeams round theminstead of through them; somehow or other, at any rate,they resolve them into their prismatic element; and thenyou have literally a kaleidoscope in the sky, with everypolour of the prism in absolute purity; but above all inforce, now, the ruby red and the green,—-with purple, andviolet-blue, in a virtual equality, more definite than that ofthe rainbow.* The red in the rainbow is mostly brick red,the violet, though beautiful, often lost at the edge; but inthe prismatic cloud the violet, the green, and the ruby areall more lovely than in any precious stones, and they arevaried as in a birds breast, changing their places, depths,and extent at every instant;—the main cause of this change 1 [See, again, Note 14; § 67, p. 53.] 2 [The proof has, as Professor Tyndall calls it : see Glaciers of the Alps, 1860,p. 237.] 3 [See Note 15; § 68, p. 54.] * [For a reference to this passage, see Vol. VII. p. 148 n.]. Fi:).i A Sunset at Abbeville, 1868
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