 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
 | 1846 - 860 pages
...canopy of lisht and bhlu ? 144, 'nrath n current of translucent (lew, J'ntbed in tho rays of the Rreat setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And, lo! creation widen'd iu man's view. ЛУЬо coul:! have thought such darkness lay conceal'd Within thy beams, О Ьип?... | |
 | Mary Carpenter - 1847 - 320 pages
...may'st now turn thy longing eyes To the eternal mansions of the skies. POETICAL MEDITATIONS. 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 !... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1847 - 500 pages
...night ; or let them repeat in your ear one of the finest Sonnets 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 earthly frame, This glorious canopy of Light and Blue ! Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bath'd... | |
 | 1847 - 606 pages
...finest and most grandly conceived in our language : — " Mysterious Night ! when our first parents knew Thee, from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble fur this lovely frame — This glorious canopy of light and blue 1 \et 'ueath a current of translucent... | |
 | Peter Jones (fict.name.) - 1848 - 228 pages
...sail securely over the flood of doubt. CHAP. VI. THE DELUGE OF DOUBT. " Mysterious Night ! when onr first Parent knew Thee, from report divine, and heard...Hesperus, with the Host of Heaven, came, And lo ! Creation widened hi man's view. Who could have thought such Darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun !... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1850 - 320 pages
...not seen them before, I shall do as I would be done by, and lay it before the reader : " Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee, from report...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 !... | |
 | John Pringle Nichol - 1850 - 440 pages
...OUH FIRST PARENT KNEW THEE FROM REPORT DIVINE, AND HEARD THY NAMEi DID HE NOT TREMBLE FOR THIS GOODLY FRAME, THIS GLORIOUS CANOPY OF LIGHT AND BLUE? YET,...FLAME, HESPERUS WITH THE HOST OF HEAVEN CAME, AND ALL CREATION WIDENED IN MAN'S VIEW ! WHO COULD HAVE THOUGHT SUCH DARKNESS LAY CONCEALED WITHIN THY... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1850 - 354 pages
...seen them before, I shall do as I would be done by, and lay it before the reader : — " Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee, from report...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,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1850 - 354 pages
...seen them before, I shall do as I would be done by, and lay it before the reader : — " Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee, from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremhle for this lovely frame, — This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet, 'neath a curtain of... | |
 | 1850 - 890 pages
...be done by, and lay it before the reader : — " Mysterious night 1 when our first parent knew ThcCi from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frume, — This glorious canopy of light and blue Ч Yet, 'ncath a curtain of traneluccnt dew. Bathed... | |
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