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...A WINTER NIGHT by SARA TEASDALE SOHRAB AND RUSTUM by MATTHEW ARNOLD TO A THESAURUS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS HUMAN FLIES by KATHARINE ADAMS NEGRO GIRL by IRENE COOPER ALLEN TO SIGURD by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE PHOENIX TO MRS. BUTTS by WILLIAM BLAKE |