 | 1858
...shown, Until the fight of faith is o'er^ And earth shall vex the soul no more ! SONNET. BLANCO WHITE* Mysterious Night ! When our first Parent kneW Thee...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858
...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... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - Essays - 1859 - 408 pages
...SH&ifc. Its author is the late "Mysterious night! when the first man but knew Thee by report, unseen, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely...This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus, with the host... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 408 pages
...late gtb. lostpk glanto m\plt. " Mysterious night! when the first man but knew Thee by report, unseen, 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 rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus, with... | |
 | Education - 1859
...MYSTKRIOUS Night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine ami heard thy r.nr:ic. Did he riot tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue? Yet 'neat h :i curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting 8amo, Hesperus with... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 432 pages
...And every human heart Shall join in one great service, Each happy in his part.— From the German. MYSTERIOUS Night ! when our first parent knew Thee...lovely frame — This glorious canopy of light and blue 1 Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus,... | |
 | Ellen Courtauld - 1860
...silence bursts apart, And the soul's boundless future is present in my heart. PM CCCCXVIII. BIANCO WHITE. MYSTERIOUS Night ! when our first parent knew Thee,...this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and hlue ? Yet, 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus... | |
 | Edward Everett - Europe - 1860 - 490 pages
...It was an evening to make one feel the solemn significance of that glorious sonnet of Blanco White : Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee...divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this goodly frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'ueath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed... | |
 | Stephen G. Bulfinch - 1861
...thee, redeemed from sin! The city gates unfold, — enter, O enter in ! TO NIGHT. J. BLANCO WHITE. MYSTERIOUS Night ! when our first parent knew Thee...This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 552 pages
...blood. Shall he expire, And unavenged ? Arise, ye Goths, and glut your ire ! N1GHT. — J. EUmco Wllite. Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee,...This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus, with the host... | |
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