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Shimmers combined into one and drew apart in ways you might expect only electronically produced sound to be capable.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2014

And he and Frost and Rain combine To give what in the clear sunshine Shimmers sparkling—pure and nice, Transparent, white, and glistening Ice.

From Christmas Entertainments by Kellogg, Alice Maude

Come where the bright star of even is beaming; Come where the moonlight o'er valley and hill, O'er castle and cot in golden flakes streaming, Shimmers on lake and leaf—glints on the rill.

From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick