sky-circle

Updated: May 5, 2025

Then the colossal phantom begins to turn, as on a pivot of air, always preserving its curvilinear symmetry, but moving its unseen ends beyond and below the sky-circle. And at last it floats away unbroken beyond the blue sweep of the world, with a wind following after. Day after day, almost at the same hour, the white arc rises, wheels, and passes...

Lafcadio Hearn - Chita: a Memory of Last Island