| Elizabeth Dana - Poetry - 1858 - 228 pages
...shown, Until 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...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... | |
| Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford - Literary Criticism - 1968 - 332 pages
...Blanco White has contributed to English literature one of its choicest sonnets: the Mysterious Night. Mysterious Night! When our first parent knew Thee...translucent dew Bathed in the rays of the great setting Same, Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And lo! creation widened in man's view. Who could have... | |
| 1981 - 120 pages
...hath writ, To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit. (Shakespeare, 23) Mysterious Night! whenour first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard...name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorius canopy of white and blue? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...1—8) FF; GOA; HelP; NAAL-1; NOBA; NOEC; TAP; TTY; WPE JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE (1775-1841) To Night 1 elves I . (1. 1—4) J Why do we then shun death with anxious strife? If Light can thus deceive, wherefore not... | |
| Rachel R. Baum - Social Science - 1999 - 188 pages
...bitter foam on my face And the sea-mist coiled like silk about your bones. -Kay Boyle (1903- ) To Night Mysterious Night! When our first parent knew Thee...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!... | |
| Paula R. Feldman, Daniel Robinson - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 302 pages
...sincere 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...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, oh Sun? Or... | |
| Michael Counsell - Religion - 2001 - 218 pages
...Shall death's fair night discover The fields of everlasting life. Paulus Gerhardt To Night and Death MYSTERIOUS Night! when our first parent knew Thee...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,... | |
| Mary Boykin Chesnut - Fiction - 2002 - 268 pages
...night, when the first man but knew Thee by report, unseen, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble lor this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and...Hesperus, with the host of heaven, came, And lo! creation widened on his view! Who could have thought what darkness lay concealed Within tl1v beams, oh Sun?... | |
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