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THE VISION OF ELIPHAZ.
PARAPHRASED FROM JOB
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was in the solemn midnight hour,
When sleep extends its balmy power,
The slumbering world around;
When Darkness, o’er the extensive globe
Spreads, far and wide, its sable robe,
And Silence reigns profound!
As wrapped in lonely solitude,
The starry canopy I viewed,
In pensive thought reclined;
A sudden tremor chilled my blood,
My hair, with horror, upright stood,
And terror filled my mind.
Before mine eyes a spirit passed—
I gazed, with trembling looks, aghast!
As o’er the path it flew;
It stood, but naught could I descry,
The gloom, that veiled the midnight sky,
Concealed it from my view.
