 | 1857 - 372 pages
...city gates unfold, — enter, O enter in ! TO NIGHT. . J. BLANCO WHITE. MYSTERIOUS Night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard...Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And lo ! creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O sun ?... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 374 pages
...wrote English very imperfectly until he was turned of thirty. TO NIUHT. Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine and heard...Hesperus with the host of Heaven came, And, lo ! creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun !... | |
 | Mercy Grogan - 1857 - 330 pages
...repeat it to you," and in deep thrilling tones he recited it to Esme. " ' Mysterious Night ! When our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard...Hesperus with the host of Heaven came, And, lo ! Creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun,... | |
 | 1863 - 844 pages
...starry splendors to which our eyes are blinded by the light of day: — "Mysterious Night! when our first parent knew Thee, from report divine, and heard...This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath the curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1857 - 444 pages
...have made some corrections. It is now as follows : — Mysterious Night ! when otrr first parent know Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he...frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'nenth a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of tho great setting flame, Hesperus with the... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1857 - 326 pages
...said Mr. Howard impatiently. Helen, faltering a little, repeated — " Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this goodly frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet, "neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 pages
...piety that even from me retired. 354 JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE. NIGHT AND DEATH. MYSTERIOUS night! when our first parent knew Thee from report Divine, and heard...man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O sun! or who could find, Whilst fly, and leaf, and insect stood revealed,... | |
 | William Mountford - 1858 - 536 pages
...the more blessedly that God is the Father of us spirits. CHAPTER XIII. Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard...Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And lo ! creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun !... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...let me use the language of a great mind : # " Mysterious Night ! when onr first parent know Thee by report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble...this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and bine 1 Yet 'ncath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting n*mo, Hesperns... | |
 | Elizabeth Dana - 1858 - 228 pages
...faith is o'er^ And earth shall vex the soul no more ! SONNET. BLANCO WHITE* Mysterious Night ! When our first Parent kneW Thee from report divine, and heard thy name* Did he not tremble for this lovely framej This glorious Canopy of light and blue ? Yet, 'neath a curtain of translucent deWj Hesperus... | |
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Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting... 
