[126] From Josephus.
[127] A curious effect of vision in the air from refraction, by which objects appear distinct, and as real, which are below the horizon. This often appears on the coast of Italy, and has been sometimes observed from our shores, where a line of the opposite coast appears.
[128] The Fata Morgana are all explained in books; the effect is ascribed to reflection and refraction, as one alone will not correspond with the effects. The time when they occur is not the evening; but the looming in our country is towards the evening.
[129] The Mirage: see Denon.
[130] Green spots in the desert.
[131] Wandsdike, on the Marlborough Downs, opposite.
THE HARP OF HOEL.[132]
It was a high and holy sight, 1
When Baldwin[133] and his train,
With cross and crosier gleaming bright,
Came chanting slow the solemn rite,
To Gwentland's[134] pleasant plain.
High waved before, in crimson pride, 2
The banner of the Cross;
The silver rood was then descried,
While deacon youths, from side to side,
The fuming censer toss.