overture

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There is nothing, he tells us in Fifine, which cannot reflect it; even moral putridity becomes phosphorescent, "and sparks from heaven transpierce earth's coarsest covertures."

From Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher by Jones, Henry, Sir

No shade of pinnacle or tree or tower, While earth endures, Will fall on my mound and within the hour Steal on to yours; One robin never haunt our two green covertures.

From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert

And they have plates and helms made of quyrboylle, and their horses covertures of the same. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

And four elephants and four great destriers, all white and covered with rich covertures, leading the chariot. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir