...lose our consciousness of the 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>...

...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...the host of heaven, came, And lo ! creation widened on his view ! Who could have thought what darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, oh Sun 1 Or who...

...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...

...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...

...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...Host of Heaven came. And lo ! — Creation widened on his view ! Who could have thought what darkness lay conceal'd Within thy beams. O Sun ? or who could...

...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...

...beauty and sublimity, whether of imagery, language, or thought, what sonnet is its superior ? Mysterious night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report...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 beams,...

...friend, Jose/A 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 о ! creation widen'd on his view. Who could have thought what darkness lay concealed Within thy beams....

...flapped heavily before me, and his whitened hair streamed over his shoulders like a meteor. MYSTEHioirs Night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report...frame, This glorious canopy of Light and blue ? Yet 'ueath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rnys of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the...

...White has well portrayed this in his lines: " Mysterious iiight; when our first parent knew Thee by report divine and heard thy name Did he not tremble...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...