In the lowland the scarlet and crimson hues of the Maple and the Tupelo predominate, mingled with a superb variety of colors from the shrubbery, whose splendor is always the greatest on the borders of ponds and water-courses, and frequently surpasses that of the trees.

The splendor of the imperial city of Byzantium was a constant incitement to their desire for freedom, and they were certain for the most part of being supported in their endeavors by the emperors.

Some are opaque and colorless, others, bronzed and black; most of them are clad in somber hues, whose splendor is the despair of the artist's brush, incapable of imitating them.

He kissed her; and all the splendor of those eons of life was Katie's then.

In this family the ancient splendor of the knightly orders was a tradition which survived for centuries, and they were in almost continual rebellion against the English, from the siege of Dublin by Roderick O'Connor until the rebellion against Queen Elizabeth, led by Rory Oge O'More and his son Owen in the latter part of the sixteenth and the early seventeenth century.

And it is undoubted that the splendor of his court and the immorality of his example were no slight sources of corruption to the countries which he governed.

The phantom-host has faded quite, Splendor and Terror gone Portent or promiseand gives way To pale, meek Dawn; The coming, going, Alike in wonder showing Alike the God, Decreeing and commanding The million blades that glowed, The muster and disbanding Midnight and Morn.