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
| William Harrison Ainsworth - 1850 - 580 pages
...regard, who thus sings of it: — The night is come, but not too soon, And sinking silently — ÀË silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky....stars; And the first watch of night is given To the red light of Mara. Ü it the tender star of love — The star of love and dreams? Ah no! from that blue... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...invoked by the whole regiment. The palate then was so diseased that a violent remedy was required. " The night is come, but not too soon, And sinking silently,...silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky." In the " Midnight Mass for the Dying Year," our American poet has forgotten how completely Alfred Tennyson... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 386 pages
...invoked by the whole regiment. The palate then was so diseased that a violent remedy was required. " The night is come, but not too soon, And sinking silently,...silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky." In the " Midnight Mass for the Dying Year," our American poet has forgotten how completely Alfred Tennyson... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1850 - 644 pages
...and silenee reign, While ages roll away, and they unehang'd remain. Albert Pike. The night has eome, but 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... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...alien; thou everywhere art a denizen ! Complain not; the very Spartans did not complain." — Carltlle. THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking...first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars. Is it the tender star of love ? The star of love and dreams ? O no ! from that blue tent above, And... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...came that day ; 'Twas 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...first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars. Is it the tender star of love ? The star of love and dreams ? Oh, no ! from that blue tent above, •... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1851 - 600 pages
...for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE LIGHT OF STARS. Tat night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently,...silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There ie no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 258 pages
...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...first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars. Is it the tender star of love ? The star of love and dreams ? O no ! from that blue tent above, A hero's... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 520 pages
...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 ? O no ! from that blue tent above, A... | |
| Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1852 - 314 pages
...peaceful, but still more natural and refreshing than I had known for manynights and days,. CHAPTER IX. There is no light in earth or heaven But the cold...first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars — Is it the gentle star of love ? The star of love and dreams ? Ah, no ! from that blue tent above... | |
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