Urania, o'er her star-bespangled lyre, With touch of majesty diffused her soul; A thousand tones, that in the breast inspire, Exalted feelings, o er the wires 'gan roll -- She sang of night that clothed the infant world, In strains as solemn as its dark profound -- How at the call of Jove the mist unfurled, And o'er the swelling vault -- the glowing sky, The new-born stars hung out their lamps on high, And rolled their mighty orbs to music's sweetest sound. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DAYS GONE BY by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY CESAR FRANCK by JOSEPH AUSLANDER MAY 30, 1893 by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS THE NURSE'S STORY: THE HAND OF GLORY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM WRITTEN, AT THE REQUEST OF A GENTLEMAN, UNDER A .. PICTURE by RICHARD BARNFIELD |