All 4 Uses of
glimmer
in
Leaves of Grass
- I ascend from the moon, I ascend from the night, I perceive that the ghastly glimmer is noonday sunbeams reflected, And debouch to the steady and central from the offspring great or small.†
Chpt 3 *
- You poor koboo whom the meanest of the rest look down upon for all your glimmering language and spirituality!†
Chpt 6 *
- …Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown A march in the ranks hard-prest, and the road unknown, A route through a heavy wood with muffled steps in the darkness, Our army foil'd with loss severe, and the sullen remnant retreating, Till after midnight glimmer upon us the lights of a dim-lighted building, We come to an open space in the woods, and halt by the dim-lighted building, 'tis a large old church at the crossing roads, now an impromptu hospital, Entering but for a minute I see a sight…†
Chpt 21
- As If a Phantom Caress'd Me As if a phantom caress'd me, I thought I was not alone walking here by the shore; But the one I thought was with me as now I walk by the shore, the one I loved that caress'd me, As I lean and look through the glimmering light, that one has utterly disappear'd.†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(glimmer as in: glimmering lights) a dim, wavering, or reflected light
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(glimmer as in: a glimmer of hope) a slight indication of something -- such as hope or interest