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... The Atlantic Monthly - Page 4671863Full view - About this book
| 1847 - 402 lehte
...Coleridge (Vol. I., p. 439) calls "the finest and most grandly conceived in the English language." "Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee,...This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet, "'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host... | |
| 1828 - 398 lehte
...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...This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus, with the host... | |
| 1828 - 404 lehte
...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...This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperu.^, with the host... | |
| 1835 - 736 lehte
...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...This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the Host... | |
| 1847 - 608 lehte
...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... | |
| 1841 - 508 lehte
...and the tears of mortal grief for ever wiped away. SONNET. By JOSEPH BLANCO WHITS. Night and Death. Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee,...This glorious Canopy of Light and Blue ? Yet 'neath a Curtain of translucent Dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting Flame, Hesperus with the Host... | |
| 1861 - 716 lehte
...White. For beauty and sublimity, whether of imagery, language, or thought, what sonnet is its superior ? Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee...This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus, with the host... | |
| 1897 - 918 lehte
...language." and apparently It was the only moment of poetic inspiration in his life. The sonnet is called Mysterious Night! when our first parent knew Thee...This glorious canopy of light and blue? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host... | |
| 1841 - 500 lehte
...and the tears of mortal grief for ever wiped away. SONNET. BY JOSBPH BLANCO WHITS. Night and Death. Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee,...This glorious Canopy of Light and Blue ? Yet 'neath a Curtain of translucent Dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting Flame, Hesperus with the Host... | |
| 1854 - 696 lehte
...Sonnet on Night and Death" for a friend, I have made Eomc corrections. It is now as follow! : MysArious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report...This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the Host... | |
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