...starlight, we lose our consciousness of the terrestrial in the superber consciousness of the universal. Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee,...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>...

...Coleridge (Vol. I., p. 439) calls "the finest and most grandly conceived in the English language." "Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee,...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,...

...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,...

...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...

...prying fingers of detective years Shall drag thy secret out into the light. 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?...

...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...

...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...

...White. For beauty and sublimity, whether of imagery, language, or thought, what sonnet is its superior ? Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee...the host of heaven, came, And lo 1 creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, 0 sun ? or who...

...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,...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,...

...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,...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,...