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 ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew Bathed in the rays of the great setting... Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 209edited by - 1872Full view - About this book
| New Church gen. confer - 1853 - 500 pages
...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> Bathed in...such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun 1 or who could find, Whilst fly, and leaf, and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou... | |
| Gift books - 1828 - 398 pages
...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 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... | |
| English literature - 1828 - 404 pages
...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, Hesperu.^, with the host of heaven, came, And lo ! creation widened on his view ! Who could have thought... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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...concealed Within thy beams, O Sun! or who could find, While fly, and leaf, and insect lay revealed, That to such countless orbs thou inadest us blind! Why... | |
| English essays - 1835 - 736 pages
...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...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... | |
| United States - 1847 - 608 pages
...not tremble for this 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 with me hosts of heaven came, And, lo! Creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness... | |
| England - 1841 - 508 pages
...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...thought such Darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, oh Sun ! or who could find, Whilst Fly, and Leaf, and Insect stood revealed, That to such Countless... | |
| Methodist Church - 1861 - 716 pages
...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...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,... | |
| American periodicals - 1897 - 918 pages
...and 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...Within thy beams, O Sun! or who could find, Whilst flow'r and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind! Why do... | |
| Christianity - 1841 - 500 pages
...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...thought such Darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, oh Sun ! or who could find, Whilst Fly, and Leaf, and Insect stood revealed, That to such Countless... | |
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