Poems of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in The Amulet, 1833/The Evening Star
THE EVENING STAR
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THE EVENING STAR.
BY L. E. L.
How beautiful the twilight sky,
Whose starry worlds now spread,
Amid the purple depths of eve,
Their glory o'er my head!
And there is one—a radiant one—
Amid the rest shines he,
As if just risen from his sleep,
Within the mighty sea.
The clouds fall off in glittering flakes
Before his shining brow;
So moves a ship that flings the waves
In bright foam from its prow.
I marvel not in former days,
Ere purer light was given,
That men fell down and worshipped thee,
A spirit-king in heaven.
But now that knowledge great and high
Is kindled in man's soul,
We know thee but the glorious part
Of a more glorious whole.
Oh, mysteries of night! that fill
The mind with awe and love!
How visibly the power of God
Is manifest above!
Oh! might and majesty that reign
Upon the midnight sky!—
Creed of my hope! I feel thy truth
Whene'er I gaze on high.