| New Church gen. confer - 1853 - 500 pagini
...starlight, we lose our consciousness of the terrestrial in the superber consciousness of the universal. Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee,...divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for his lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet, 'neath a curtain of translucent dew>... | |
| 1847 - 402 pagini
...Coleridge (Vol. I., p. 439) calls "the finest and most grandly conceived in the English language." "Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee,...thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun ! or who could find, Whilst fly, and leaf, and insect stood revealed, That to such countless... | |
| 1828 - 398 pagini
...friend, Joseph Blanco White. MYSTERIOUS night, when the first man but knew Thee by report, unseen, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely...the host of heaven, came, And lo ! creation widened on his view ! Who could have thought what darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, oh Sun 1 Or who... | |
| 1828 - 404 pagini
...friend, Joseph Blauco White. MYSTERIOUS night, when the first man but knew Thee by report, unseen, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely...dew Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperu.^, with the host of heaven, came, And lo ! creation widened on his view ! Who could have thought... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagini
...prying fingers of detective years Shall drag thy secret out into the light. BLANCO WHITE. TO NIGHT. MYSTERIOUS Night! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heart! thy name; Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue?... | |
| 1835 - 736 pagini
...again. SONNET. NIGHT AND DEATH. Mysterious Night, when the first man but knew Thee by report, unseen, and heard thy name. Did he not tremble for this lovely...Host of Heaven came. And lo ! — Creation widened on his view ! Who could have thought what darkness lay conceal'd Within thy beams. O Sun ? or who could... | |
| 1847 - 608 pagini
...the finest and most grandly conceived in our language: — " Mysterions Night! when our first parents knew Thee, from report divine, and heard thy name,...lovely frame—- This glorious canopy of light and blue J Yet 'ueath a cnrreni of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus... | |
| 1841 - 508 pagini
...and the tears of mortal grief for ever wiped away. SONNET. By JOSEPH BLANCO WHITS. Night and Death. Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee,...thought such Darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, oh Sun ! or who could find, Whilst Fly, and Leaf, and Insect stood revealed, That to such Countless... | |
| 1861 - 716 pagini
...White. For beauty and sublimity, whether of imagery, language, or thought, what sonnet is its superior ? Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee...flame, Hesperus, with the host of heaven, came, And lo 1 creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams,... | |
| 1897 - 918 pagini
...language." and apparently It was the only moment of poetic inspiration in his life. The sonnet is called Mysterious Night! when our first parent knew Thee...thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun! or who could find, Whilst flow'r and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless... | |
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