A grisly meteor on his face.

A grisly meteor on his face.

Now twilight lets her curtain down
And pins it with a star.

Now twilight lets her curtain down
And pins it with a star.

The sad and solemn night
Hath yet her multitude of cheerful fires;
The glorious host of light
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The sad and solemn night
Hath yet her multitude of cheerful fires;
The glorious host of light
Walk the dark hemisphere till she retires;
All through her silent watches, gliding slow,
Her constellations come, and climb the heavens, and go.

Whilst twilight's curtain spreading far
Was pinned with a single star.

Whilst twilight's curtain spreading far
Was pinned with a single star.

While twilight's curtain gathering far,
Is pinned with a single diamond star.

While twilight's curtain gathering far,
Is pinned with a single diamond star.

Hast thou a charm to stay the morning-star
In his steep course?

Hast thou a charm to stay the morning-star
In his steep course?

Like the lost pleiad seen no more below.

Like the lost pleiad seen no more below.

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou
guide Arcturus with his sons?

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou
guide Arcturus with his sons?

The stars,
Which stand as thick as dewdrops on the fields
Of heaven.

The stars,
Which stand as thick as dewdrops on the fields
Of heaven.