 | 1889 - 552 pages
...that led, Died, and saw the Uncreated ; All his fellows lived, and waited. EE BOWEN 176.— TO NIGHT MYSTERIOUS Night ! when our first parent knew Thee...Within thy beams, O Sun ! or who could find Whilst flower and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind ! Why do... | |
 | James Stark - 1889 - 202 pages
...light and blue. Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting sun, Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And, lo ! creation...insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou madest us blind? Why do we then shun death with anxious strife! If light could thus deceive, wherefore... | |
 | 1889 - 934 pages
...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, O sun? or who could find, Whilst 11 y and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to Mich endless Orbs thou mad'st us blind? WTeak man!... | |
 | Charles Henry Crandall - 1890 - 524 pages
...de Vega and Milton into one sonnet ; and one sonnet makes his name immortal : — NIGHT AND DEATH. MYSTERIOUS Night ! when our first parent knew Thee...Within thy beams, O Sun ! or who could find, Whilst flower and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind ? Why do... | |
 | William Wetmore Story - 1890 - 284 pages
...feeling. M. Do you remember J. Blanco White's remarkable sonnet To Night ? Let me repeat it to you : — " Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee...Within thy beams, O sun ? or who could find, Whilst flow'r and leaf and insect stood :revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind ? Why... | |
 | William Wetmore Story - 1890 - 292 pages
...heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and hlue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in...Within thy beams, O sun ? or who could find, Whilst flow'r and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind ? Why do... | |
 | 1889 - 592 pages
...widened in Man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun 1 or who could find, Whilst Fly and Leaf and Insect stood revealed, That to such Countless Orbs thon mad'st us blind ! Why do we then shun Death with anxious strife? If Light can thus deceive, then... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1895 - 316 pages
...lute, That by-and-bye will make the music mute, And ever widening, slowly silence all. Tennyson. 71 MYSTERIOUS Night ! when our first parent knew Thee...Within thy beams, O Sun? or who could find, Whilst fruit, and leaf, and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind? Why do... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1895 - 330 pages
...heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue? Tet, 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the...Within thy beams, O Sun? or who could find, Whilst fruit, and leaf, and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind? Why do... | |
 | 1896 - 246 pages
...prosper, circled by thy voice; I shall not lose thee, though I die. ALFRED TENNYSON. THE BLINDING LIGHT. MYSTERIOUS Night! when our first parent knew Thee...or who could find, Whilst fly and leaf and insect stooJ revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind ? Why do we then shun death with anxious... | |
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neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And lo! Creation widened in man's view. 
