 THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars.  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 751839Full view - About this book
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pages
...silenee reign, While ages roll away, and they unehang'd remain. Albert Pike. The night has eome, hut not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. Longfellow's Poems. Sleep ehains the earth ; the bright stars glide on high, Filling with one effulgent... | |
 | Songs - 1856 - 712 pages
...through a Saviour's blood once shed, Baise his forlorn and drooping head. BOWBING. iLigfjt of Stars. night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently,...light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given Is it the tender star of love ? The star of love and dreams ? Oh, no ! from that blue tent above, A... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 696 pages
...any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait THE LIGHT OF STARS. Тнк night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently,...earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the lirst watch of night "is given To the red planet Mars. Is it the tender star of love ? The star of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 810 pages
...came that day ; T was an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. THE LIGHT OF STARS. THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking...light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; Is it the tender star of love ? The star of love and dreams ? Oh, no ! from that blue tent above,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...is come, hut not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon t Drops down hehind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven, But...first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars. Is it the tender star of love? The star of love and dreams ? 0 no! from that hlue tent ahove, And earnest... | |
 | Robert Edgar Hughes - 1856 - 402 pages
...considerable thickness of sand; the gnu-boats of the second-class resemble CHAPTER VII. THE BOMBARDMENT. " There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold...the first watch of night is given To the red planet, Mara." THE night fell, and the buzz of hope and expectation ceased; to-morrow, was the last word on... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 pages
...green earth, And took the flowers away. 13 THE LIGHT OF STARS. TUB uight is come, but not too BOOM; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light iu earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1857 - 426 pages
...refreshing than I had known for many nights and days. CHAPTER IX. There is no light in earth or heaven Bat the cold light of stars, And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars. Is it the gentle star of love ? The star of lore and dreams ? Ah, no ! from that blue tent above A... | |
 | 1858 - 852 pages
...all our readers have seen these beautiful object« on some clear evening, when METEORIC STONE«. " There is no light in earth or heaven But the cold light of stars," falling in showers, as though a sudden frenzy had seized the bright eyes which usually look down so... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 924 pages
...shooting-stars. Perhaps all our readers have seen these beautiful objects on some clear evening, when " There is no light in earth or heaven But the cold light of stars," falling in showers, as though a sudden frenzy had seized the bright eyes which usually look down so... | |
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