Excerpt from A Bride of the Plains IT was now close on eight O'clock and more than two hours ago since first the dawn broke over that low-lying horizon line which seems so far away, and tinged the vast immensity of the plain first With grey and then with mauve and pale-toned emerald, with rose and carmine and crimson and blood-red, until the sun - triumphant and glorious at last - woke the sunflowers from their sleep, gilded every tiny blade Of grass and every sprig of rose mary, and caused every head Of stately ...
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Excerpt from A Bride of the Plains IT was now close on eight O'clock and more than two hours ago since first the dawn broke over that low-lying horizon line which seems so far away, and tinged the vast immensity of the plain first With grey and then with mauve and pale-toned emerald, with rose and carmine and crimson and blood-red, until the sun - triumphant and glorious at last - woke the sunflowers from their sleep, gilded every tiny blade Of grass and every sprig of rose mary, and caused every head Of stately maize to quiver with delight at the warmth of his kiss. The plain stretched its limitless expanse as far as human eye can reach - a sea of tall straight stems, with waves of brilliant green and plume-crowned crests shimmering like foam in the sunlight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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