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SEE, the pretty Planet!
Floating sphere!
Faintest breeze will fan it / Far or near;
World as light as feather; / Moonshine rays, / Rainbow tints, together, / As it plays;
Drooping, sinking, failing, / Nigh to earth, / Mounting, whirling, sailing, / Full of mirth;
Life there, welling, flowing, / Waving round; / Pictures coming, going, / Without sound.
Quick now! be this airy / Globe repell'd!
Never can the fairy / Star be held.
Touch'd -- it in a twinkle / Disappears!
Leaving but a sprinkle, / As of tears.