MYSTERIOUS Night! when our first parent knew Thee, from report divine, I 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 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, O Sun! or who could find, Whilst fly and leaf and insect stood revealed. That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind! Why do we then shun death with anxious strife! If light can thus deceive, wherefore not life? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARY DONNELLY by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM A CHILD'S PET by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE SONG OF HIAWATHA: HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW A DUTCH PROVERB by MATTHEW PRIOR FACADE: 17. DARK SONG by EDITH SITWELL THE SWAN SONG OF PARSON AVERY by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE ITALICS ARE RICHARD GIFFORD'S by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |