... he is describing seems to be entirely different than how many people would portray a pond, it is personified and it has a nature of its own. All our concord waters have two colors at least, one when viewed and another, more proper, close at hand. The first depends more on light, and follows the sky ... of a dark slate color. The sea, however, is said to be blue on day and green another without any perceptible change in atmosphere. I have seen our river, when, the landscape being covered with snow, both water and ice were almost green as grass. Some consider blue "to be the color of pure ...

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