suffusion
Noun
Meaning
The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading.
That with which a thing is suffused.
A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds.
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Joy is the sweet voice, Joy the luminous cloud - We in ourselves rejoice! And thence flows all that charms or ear or sight, All melodies the echoes of that voice, All colours a suffusion from that light.
Over the obscure man is poured the merciful suffusion of darkness. None knows where he goes or comes. He may seek the truth and speak it; he alone is free; he alone is truthful, he alone is at peace.