 | 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...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,... | |
 | 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, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame—- This glorious canopy of light and blue J Yet 'ueath a cnrreni of translucent... | |
 | 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...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,... | |
 | 1841 - 508 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...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,... | |
 | 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...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,... | |
 | 1853 - 672 pages
...flapped heavily before me, and his whitened hair streamed over 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,... | |
 | 1845 - 880 pages
...The following noble Sonnet will vindicate his title to the 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,... | |
 | Joseph Blanco White - 1845 - 504 pages
...on Night and Death for a friend, I have made some corrections. It is now as follows : — 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,... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1845 - 878 pages
...The following noble Sonnet will vindicate his title to the 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 • Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...make us what we are : — even I Regained my freedom with a sigh. . — /. Slmua mit». 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,... | |
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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... 
