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
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 546 pages
...took the flowers away. THE LIGHT OF STARS. There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold lisht of stars: And the 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, A... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 448 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 '! And earnest thoughts within me rise,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 438 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 silently,...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 - 1864 - 464 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...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 I * **—* Hue tent above, And earnest... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...night is come, but not too soou And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down beyond 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? O, no ! from that blue tent above, A hero's... | |
| Walter Symonds Newhall - United States - 1864 - 160 pages
...RAIDS, 89 CHAPTER VII. HOME INVADED 102 CHAPTER VIII. THE GUERRILLAS, 114CHAPTER IX. THE END, 133 ' 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 tender star of love ? The star of love and dreams ? 0 no ! from yon blue tent above A hero's... | |
| Life-lights - 1864 - 336 pages
...life of equal bliss, Or own the next begun in this. THOMAS PARNELL, 1679-1717. THE STAR OF STRENGTH. THE night is come, but not too soon; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is... | |
| American poetry - 1864 - 334 pages
...life of equal bliss, Or own the next begun in this. THOMAS PARNELL, 1679-1717. THE STAR OF STRENGTH. THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is... | |
| Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner - English language - 1864 - 522 pages
...(GIBBON, Decl. 11. cf. BUTL., Hud. 1, 1, 173.). A vagabond shalt thou be in the earth (GEN. 4, 12.). There is no light in earth or heaven But the cold light of stars (LoNGF. I. 8.). The sun is high in the cloudless heavens (Wnvi'E MELVILLE, Digby Grant! 3.). He entered... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - Hymns - 1866 - 496 pages
...the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. 153 Ifje Hiij&t of WH LONGFELLOW. ' I "'HE night is come, but not too soon -*- And sinking silently,...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,... | |
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