 | Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 216 psl.
...Night, which begins : — ' Mysterious night I 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!' 1. 34. But they . . . Johnson wrote to Mrs. Thrale on the death of her husband : ' There is no wisdom... | |
 | Mary Baker Eddy - 1888 - 616 psl.
...in his sonnet on night : — 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 blne ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus,... | |
 | Bowyer Nichols - 1903 - 300 psl.
...are scant ; And, in her reckoning, they abound who want. BLANCO WHITE (1775-1841) NIGHT AND DEATH ' MYSTERIOUS Night ! when the first Man but knew Thee...lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue r Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame Hesperus with... | |
 | Elia Wilkinson Peattie - 1903 - 252 psl.
...finest in the English language. Mysterious Night when our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely...light and blue; Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent hue. Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And, lo!... | |
 | 1896 - 706 psl.
...well portrayed this in his lines: " Mysterious night; when our first parent knew Thee by report divine and heard thy name Did he not tremble for this lovely...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... | |
 | Brooke Herford - 1904 - 338 psl.
...reveals infinitely more : — ' 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 ? 'Then 'neath a curtain of translucent dew Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus,... | |
 | 1904 - 804 psl.
...exquisite sonnets of the world : — 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 ? Vet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus,... | |
 | George Edward Woodberry - 1905 - 238 psl.
...the sun went down in Paradise: "Mysterious night! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely...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... | |
 | William Tuckwell - 1909 - 314 psl.
...corrections : — ON NIGHT AND DEATH Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely...glorious canopy of Light and Blue ? Yet, 'neath a current of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting Flame, Hesperus with the host of... | |
 | Adrien Baret - 1909 - 332 psl.
...Myste'rious Night! wAen our first pa'rent knew Thée from report' divi'ne, and Aeard thy name, Did Ae not trem'ble for this love'ly frame, This glo'rious can'opy of light and blue? Yet' neatA a cur'tain of translu'cent dew, Bathéd in the rays of the great set'ting flame, Hes'perus with... | |
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neath the curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus, with the host of heaven, came ; And lo ! creation widened in man's view. 
