 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 pages
...A piety that even from me retired. JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE. NIGHT AND DEATH. MYSTERIOUS night! when our first parent knew Thee from report Divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame1, This glorious canopy of light and blue? Yet, 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in... | |
 | Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford - 1968 - 332 pages
...to English literature one of its choicest sonnets: the Mysterious Night. Mysterious Night! When our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard...translucent dew Bathed in the rays of the great setting Same, Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And lo! creation widened in man's view. Who could have... | |
 | 1981 - 120 pages
...hath writ, To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit. (Shakespeare, 23) Mysterious Night! whenour first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard...name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorius canopy of white and blue? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...NAAL-1; NOBA; NOEC; TAP; TTY; WPE JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE (1775-1841) To Night 1 Mysterious Night! when our en. (IV, i) 125 For d (1. 1—4) J Why do we then shun death with anxious strife? If Light can thus deceive, wherefore not... | |
 | Rachel R. Baum - 1999 - 188 pages
...sea-mist coiled like silk about your bones. -Kay Boyle (1903- ) To Night 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!... | |
 | Paula R. Feldman, Daniel Robinson - 2002 - 302 pages
...sincere 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...Hesperus, with 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? Or... | |
 | Michael Counsell - 2001 - 218 pages
...discover The fields of everlasting life. Paulus Gerhardt To Night and Death 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 Boykin Chesnut - 2002 - 268 pages
...night, when the first man but knew Thee by report, unseen, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble lor this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and...Hesperus, with the host of heaven, came, And lo! creation widened on his view! Who could have thought what darkness lay concealed Within tl1v beams, oh Sun?... | |
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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... 
