NP, Misc. "'Across the sky"

[Joseph Tracy]

What a line is "Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky"
It's actually scientifically accurate. Ice crystals. How the hell?  
And isn't there something essentially feminine about water, at least  
mythically?
On Aug 23, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> "Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night!
> Comets, importing change of times and states,
> Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky,"
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> Comets portended misfortune, says the footnote.
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> Opening of Henry 6, part 1, the Duke of Bedford at the funeral
> of Henry 5...
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