spectral: [spek-truhl] adj. ghostly; of, relating to, or suggesting a specter
His mane was mixed with the moonlight that silvered his snow-white side,
For the moon sailed out of a cloud with the wake of a spectral ship.
----William Rose Benét
The Horse Thief
The sun is sinking over hill and sea,
Its red light fires a spectral line of shore...
----George Edgar Montgomery
At Night
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Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
Hamlet: Words, words, words.
Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
Hamlet: Words, words, words.
Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
These are words that inspire me, words that make me see things that aren't there, words that dream dreams. And that I imagine would be a fabulous new addition to my vocabulary.
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
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Falling like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
---Lord Byron
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