She is deceitful as the calm that precedes the hurricane, smooth as th…

Charles Caleb Colton
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She is deceitful as the calm that precedes the hurricane, smooth as the water on the verge of the cataract, and beautiful as the rainbow, that smiling daughter of the storm; but, like the mirage in the desert, she tantalizes us with a delusion that distance creates, and that contiguity destroys. ✨ Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan.
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