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 Chiar-oscuro [pronounce ke-ar-ros-ku’-ro].Chibouque (A). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Chib’ia’bos.
 
The musician; the harmony of nature personified. He teaches the birds to sing and the brooks to warble as they flow. “All the many sounds of nature borrow sweetness from his singing.”   1
       
“Very dear to Hiawatha
Was the gentle Chibiabos.
For his gentleness he loved him,
And the magic of his singing.”
       
Longfellow: Hiawatha, vi.
 


 Chiar-oscuro [pronounce ke-ar-ros-ku’-ro].Chibouque (A). 

 
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