 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
 | 1863 - 842 pages
...which speaks of the starry splendors to which our eyes are blinded by the light of day: — "Mysterious Night! when our first parent knew Thee, from report...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... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1857 - 444 pages
...have made some corrections. It is now as follows : — Mysterious Night ! when otrr first parent know Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he...frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'nenth a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of tho great setting flame, Hesperus with the... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1857 - 324 pages
...Night,' Miss May," said Mr. Howard impatiently. Helen, faltering a little, repeated — " Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report...divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this goodly frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet, "neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 pages
...there arose A piety that even from me retired. 354 JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE. NIGHT AND DEATH. MYSTERIOUS night! when our first parent knew Thee from report...man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O sun! or who could find, Whilst fly, and leaf, and insect stood revealed,... | |
 | William Mountford - 1858 - 536 pages
...but only to know the more blessedly that God is the Father of us spirits. CHAPTER XIII. 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 !... | |
 | Elizabeth Dana - 1858 - 228 pages
...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 from report...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... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 pages
...perils there arose A piety that even from me retired. JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE. NIGHT AND DEATH. MYSTERIOUS night! when our first parent knew Thee from report...heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame1, This glorious canopy of light and blue? Yet, 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...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 - 1859 - 432 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...Hesperus, with the host of heaven, came, And lo ! creation wideu'd on his view. Who could have thought what darkness lay conceal'd Within thy beams, 0 Sun ? or... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 444 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... | |
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