 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...  Littell's Living Age - Page 2881854Full view - About this book
 | New Church gen. confer - 1853 - 500 pages
...lose our consciousness of the terrestrial in the superber consciousness of the universal. Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee, from report...divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for his lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet, 'neath a curtain of translucent dew>... | |
 | 1847 - 402 pages
...(Vol. I., p. 439) calls "the finest and most grandly conceived in the English language." "Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee, from report...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 !... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...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 1... | |
 | 1828 - 402 pages
...friend, Joseph Blauco White. MYSTERIOUS night, when the first man but knew Thee by report, unseen, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely...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... | |
 | Mme. Charlotte Fiske (Bates) Rogé - 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... | |
 | 1835 - 738 pages
...again. SONNET. NIGHT AND DEATH. Mysterious Night, when the first man but knew Thee by report, unseen, and heard thy name. Did he not tremble for this lovely...with the Host of Heaven came. And lo ! — Creation widened on his view ! Who could have thought what darkness lay conceal'd Within thy beams. O Sun ?... | |
 | 1847 - 608 pages
...the finest and most grandly conceived in our language: — " Mysterions Night! when our first parents knew Thee, from report divine, and heard thy name,...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... | |
 | 1841 - 510 pages
...tears of mortal grief for ever wiped away. SONNET. By JOSEPH BLANCO WHITS. Night and Death. Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee, from Report...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, oh Sun... | |
 | 1861 - 716 pages
...beauty and sublimity, whether of imagery, language, or thought, what sonnet is its superior ? Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report...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,... | |
 | 1841 - 500 pages
...tears of mortal grief for ever wiped away. SONNET. BY JOSBPH BLANCO WHITS. Night and Death. Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee, from Report...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, oh Sun... | |
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