How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths. The Pleasures of Life Complete - Page 99by Sir John Lubbock - 1894 - 332 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1847 - 538 pages
..." No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor epeck, nor tttiB " Breaks the serene of heaven: " In full orb'd glory yonder moon divine " Rolls through the dark...her steady ray " The desert circle spreads, "Like a round ocean girded with the sky. "How beautiful is nicht !" — SOUTHEY. 11 From peak to peak the... | |
| Irish scenes - 1847 - 170 pages
...evening that we had seen during our short absence. " How beautiful is night !: A dewy freshness fills the silent air ; — No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : E In gentle beauty, yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths : — How beautiful is... | |
| David Purdie Thomson - 1849 - 516 pages
...the mountain side, and darkness envelops the earth. " How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air. No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orb'd glory, yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark-blue depths. Beneath her steady ray The... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse, Richard Hill - 1851 - 610 pages
...less readily obtained than observed. FIRE-FLIES. " How beautiful is night I A dewy freshness fills the silent air ; No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor...yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths." Thalaba,i. 1. A noble description, though expressed in few words ; but fully to enter into its beauty,... | |
| 1851 - 1304 pages
...feared not them." NIGHT. DYL It IA 11 П . JUI) AH . How beautiful is nißht Ï A dewy freshness fills the silent air ; No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor...Breaks the serene of heaven ; In full-orbed glory, yon'Ii-r moon divine Roll* through the dark blue depths. Beneath h«r steady ray The desert circle... | |
| John Ludlum McConnel - 1851 - 296 pages
...the fragments of the storm, and her reign, though brief, was more beautiful and touching than when ' No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene heaven.' Henry walked pensively along the alleys, and threaded, without aim or purpose, the various... | |
| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1852 - 330 pages
...Southey supposed, but according to plain sense : " How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air ; No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor...ocean girdled with the sky. How beautiful is night ! " This much admired passage has the true melody of blank verse, and it may be so written, without... | |
| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1852 - 310 pages
...consciences : " How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshNess fills the silent air ; no mist dbscures, Nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain breaks the serene...ocean girdled with the sky. How beautiful is night ! But what is hereby gained ? There is often as little pause between two words which are written in... | |
| Robert Southey - 1853 - 312 pages
...air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orb'd glory yonder Moon divine Rolls through the dark blue...circle spreads, Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky.1 How beautiful is night ! Who at this untimely hour Wanders o'er the desert sands ? No station... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...Among the branches of the leafless tree. WOBDSWOBTH. How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air : No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full orb'd glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths ; Beneath her steady ray The... | |
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