by Robert Southey (1774 - 1843)
How beautiful is night!
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Language: English
How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain Breaks the serene of heaven: In full-orbed glory yonder Moon divine Rolls through the dark-blue depths. Beneath her steady ray The desert-circle spreads, Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky. How beautiful is night!
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- by Robert Southey (1774 - 1843), appears in Thalaba the Destroyer, first published 1800 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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