Best personal description of, poetry or prose about the experience of a total eclipse

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even*cleveland · Answer

The Solar Eclipse of July 8th, 1842 by Adalbert Stifter, published by The Brother in Elysium: Wish I was eclipse-chasing this month but am lake-jumping instead; in lieu of personal celestial transcendence, will reread Stifter's first-hand account, a classic of sublime experience.

Samantha Culp · Answer

Annie Dillard: Total Eclipse: Perhaps obvious, but Annie Dillard’s 1982 Total Eclipse essay is hard to beat for this category