Both Uses of
aurora
in
Leaves of Grass
- While through the interior vistas,
Noiseless uprose, phantasmic, (as by night Auroras of the north,)
Lambent tableaus, prophetic, bodiless scenes,
Spiritual projections.†Chpt 24
- Now only do I know you,
O fair auroral skies—O morning dew upon the grass!†Chpt 24 *
Definition:
an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force