.3457.50.100

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1844,

BY JOHN PENINGTON,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

C. Sherman, Printer.

LINES WRITTEN AT NIGHT,

August 9th, 1825.

Он, thou surpassing beauty! that dost live
Shrined in yon silent stream of glorious light!
Spirit of harmony! that through the vast
And cloud-embroidered canopy art spreading
Thy wings, that o'er our shadowy earth hang
brooding,

Like a pale silver haze, betwixt the moon

And the world's darker orb: beautiful, hail!
Hail to thee! from her midnight throne of ether,
Night looks upon the slumbering universe.
There is no breeze on silver-crowned tree,
There is no breath on dew-bespangled flower,
There is no wind sighs on the sleepy wave,
There is no sound hangs in the solemn air.
All, all are silent, all are dreaming, all,
Save
yon eternal eyes,
that now shine forth
Winking the slumberer's destinies. The moon

Sails on the horizon's verge, a moving glory,
Pure, and unrivalled; for no paler orb
Approaches, to invade the sea of light
That lives around her; save yon little star,
That sparkles on her robe of fleecy clouds.
Like a bright gem, fallen from her radiant brow.