"So from a brazen vase the trembling stream Reflects the lunar or the solar beam: Swift and elusive of the dazzled eyes, From wall to wall the dancing glory flies: Thence to the ceiling shoot the glancing rays, And o'er the roof the quivering splendor plays."
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Christopher Pitt
Christopher Pitt (1699 – 13 April 1748) was an English poet and translator.
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