liberty of conscience. The full title of the book is Three Books of
Occult Philosophy, by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Knight, Doctor of
both Laws, Counsellor to Caesar's Sacred Majesty and Judge of the
Prerogative Court.

"As the Spirits of Darkness be stronger in the dark, so Good
Spirits, which be Angels of Light, are augmented not only by the
Divine light of the Sun, but also by our common Wood Fire: and as
the Celestial Fire drives away dark spirits, so also this our Fire
of Wood doth the same."--Cor. AGRIPPA, Occult Philosophy, Book I.
ch. v.

"Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
Hides hills and woods, the rivet and the heaven,
And veils the farm-house at the garden's end.
The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet
Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed
In a tumultuous privacy of storm."
Emerson. The Snow Storm.


The sun that brief December day
Rose cheerless over hills of gray,
And, darkly circled, gave at noon
A sadder light than waning moon.
Slow tracing down the thickening sky
Its mute and ominous prophecy,