| Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 pàgines
...To soothe their goddos I O majestic Night ? Nature's great ancestor? daif'n elder-born? And fated lo s that usher evening rose : ihy waist; clouds, in Heaven's loon Wrought through varieties of shape and shade. In ample folds of... | |
| Sir Thomas Wyatt - 1879 - 624 pàgines
...spheres, To soothe their goddess 1 550 0 majestic Night ! Nature's great ancestor ! Day's elder-born ! And fated to survive the transient sun ! By mortals,...brow adorns, An azure zone thy waist ; clouds, in heav' n's loom Wrought through varieties of shape and shade, In ample folds of drapery divine, Thy... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pàgines
...Day's elder born I And fated to survive the transient sun ! By mortals and immortals si-en with awe I A starry crown thy raven brow adorns, An azure zone thy waist ; clonds, in heaven's loom Wrought through varieties of shape and shade, In ample folds of drapery... | |
| John McGovern - 1880 - 762 pàgines
...mortal but themselves The subjoined apostrophe to Night must rank among the noblest pieces of imagery : O majestic Night! Nature's great ancestor ! Day's...fated to survive the transient sun! By mortals and immo-tals seen with awe ! A starry crown thy raven brow adorns; An azure zone thy waist; clouds in... | |
| Daniel Greenleaf Thompson - 1884 - 632 pàgines
...chiefly with night, though really they are in part joys of light in darkness. ' O majestic night 1 Nature's great ancestor ! Day's elder born ! And fated...immortals seen with awe ! A starry crown thy raven hrow adorns. An azure zone thy waist; clouds in heaven's loom Wrought through varieties of shape and... | |
| Daniel Greenleaf Thompson - 1884 - 630 pàgines
...majestic night ! Nature's great ancestor I Day's elder born ! And fated to survive the transient Sun 1 By mortals and immortals seen with awe ! A starry...crown thy raven brow adorns, An azure zone thy waist ; clonds in heaven's loom Wrought through varieties of shape and shade, In ample folds of drapery divine,... | |
| 1886 - 552 pàgines
...neck. THOMAS BAILEY ALURICH. -^aS'SNIGHT. MAJESTIC Night! Nature's great ancestor! day's elder-born, And fated to survive the transient sun ! By mortals...adorns, An azure zone thy waist; clouds, in heaven's In ample folds of drapery divine. Thy flowing mantle form; and heaven throughout Voluminously pour... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 pàgines
...majestic night ! Nature's great ancestor ! day's elder-born I And fated to survive the transient sun I By mortals and immortals seen with awe ! A starry...adorns, An azure zone thy waist ; clouds, in heaven's loon Wrought through varieties of shape and shade, In ample folds of drapery divine, Thy flowing mantle... | |
| Donald Grant Mitchell - 1904 - 376 pàgines
...Day's elder born I And fated to survive the transient sun I By mortals and immortals seen with awe 1 A starry crown thy raven brow adorns, An azure zone...clouds in Heaven's loom Wrought through varieties of drapery divine Thy flowing mantle form, and heaven throughout Voluminously pour thy pompous train."... | |
| Sarah Warner Brooks - 1890 - 518 pàgines
...where shall I begin '! Where end ? or how steal music from the spheres To soothe their goddess ? Oh majestic Night ! Nature's great ancestor ! Day's elder...thy waist ; clouds, in Heaven's loom Wrought through variety of shape and shade, In ample folds of drapery divine, Thy flowing mantle form, and, heaven... | |
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