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... Astronomical Sermons: In Two Parts - Page 161by Herschel S. Porter - 1854 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
| New Church gen. confer - 1853 - 500 pages
...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>... | |
| Tracts - 1847 - 402 pages
...finest and most grandly conceived in the English language." "Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee, from report divine, and heard thy name,...flame, 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,... | |
| Gift books - 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...flame, 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,... | |
| English literature - 1828 - 404 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... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 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... | |
| English essays - 1835 - 736 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...flame, Hesperus with the Host of Heaven came. And lo ! — Creation widened on his view ! Who could have thought what darkness lay conceal'd Within thy... | |
| United States - 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... | |
| England - 1841 - 508 pages
...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,...Flame, 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... | |
| Methodist Church - 1861 - 716 pages
...imagery, language, or thought, what sonnet is its superior ? Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name,...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... | |
| American periodicals - 1854 - 696 pages
...friend, I have made Eomc corrections. It is now as follow! : MysArious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name,...flame, Hesperus with the Host of Heaven came, And lo ! creation widen'd in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay conceal'd Within thy... | |
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