...last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown' at the smiling morn With thy bright circlet — praise Him in thy sphere." It is indeed to the unassisted eye the most, beautiful of all the stars. When at its period of greatest...

...last in the train of Night, If better thou belong not to the Dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him...eternal course, both when thou climb'st, And when high noon hast gained, and when thou fall'st. Moon, that now meet'st the orient Sun, now fliest, With...

...the train of night, — If better thou belong not to the dawn, — Sure pledge of day ! that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, — praise...eternal course ; both when thou climb'st, And when high noon hast gain'd, and when thou 221 With the fix'd stars, — fix'd in their orb, that flies ;...

...to them of the universe ; here rhetoric suggests the interrelatedness and formality of God's works: Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul, Acknowledge...thy eternal course, both when thou climb'st And when high noon hast gained, and when thou fall'st . . . v 171. . . Iterative [=repeating] schemes Rhyme....

...last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn; Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet: praise him...sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime." Our Lord Jesus Christ calls Himself, "the bright and morning star." Whenever He comes into the soul,...

...crown'ft the fmiling Morn With thy bright Circlet, praife him in thy Sphere While Day arifes,,that fweet Hour of Prime. Thou Sun, of this great World both Eye and Soul, Acknowledge him thy Greater, found his Praife In thy eternal Courfe, both when thou climb'lr, And when high Noon haft gain'd,and...

...last in the train of Night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling Morn With thy bright Circlet, praise him...Sphere While day arises, that sweet hour of Prime. (V. 166-70) Lucifer is no longer the last star of night; he is the "sure pledge of day." The effect...

...Maker. He and Eve address the sun in the same words he had first used, but to vastly different effect: Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul, Acknowledge...praise In thy eternal course, both when thou climb'st, Adam no longer demands that the sun tell him how to know and praise the Creator. He has read the sun's...

...Circlet, praise him in thy Sphere While day arises, that sweet hour of Prime. 170 Thou Sun, of 1this great World both Eye and Soul, Acknowledge him thy...eternal course, both when thou climb'st, And when high Noon hast gain'd, and when thou fall'st. Moon, that now meet'st the orient Sun, now fli'st I75...

...lasr in the train of night,0 If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him...sphere While day arises, that sweet hour of prime. 170 Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul, Acknowledge him thy greater, sound his praise...