| English literature - 1828 - 404 pages
...save, NIGHT AND DEATH. Dedicated to ST Coleridge, Esq. by his sincere friend, Joseph Blauco White. MYSTERIOUS night, when the first man but knew Thee...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 - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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? Yet 'neath the curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host... | |
| United States - 1847 - 608 pages
...conceived in our language: — " Mysterions Night! when our first parents knew Thee, from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this 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... | |
| Methodist Church - 1861 - 716 pages
...what sonnet is its superior ? Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely...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,... | |
| American periodicals - 1854 - 696 pages
...DEATH. A. Sonnet : dedicated to ST Coleridge, Esq., by his sincere friend, Jose/A Blanco White. • Mysterious night, when the first man but knew Thee...flame, Hesperus, with the host of heaven, came, And о ! creation widen'd on his view. Who could have thought what darkness lay concealed Within thy beams.... | |
| Insanity (Law) - 1896 - 676 pages
...portrayed this in his lines: " Mysterious iiight; when our first parent knew Thee by report divine and heard thy name Did he not tremble for this lovely...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... | |
| American periodicals - 1853 - 672 pages
...his shoulders like a meteor. MYSTEHioirs 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 'ueath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rnys of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the... | |
| Robert Aspland - 1845 - 878 pages
...possession of poetic genius : " Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee, from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely...the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with Host of Heaven came, And lo ! Creation widened in Man's view. Who could have thought such Darkness... | |
| Unitarianism - 1845 - 880 pages
...possession of poetic genius : " 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 r Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus... | |
| 822 pages
...reveal far more than it hides ? Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee from Divine report, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This^glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtam of translucent dew Bathed in the rays... | |
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