The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe Household Edition : with illustrations |
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LOOKING OUT INTO THE NIGHT.
Looking out into the night,
I behold in space afar
Yonder beaming, blazing star;
And I marvel at the might
Of the Giver of the rays,
And I worship as I gaze,
Looking out into the night.
I behold in space afar
Yonder beaming, blazing star;
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Of the Giver of the rays,
And I worship as I gaze,
Looking out into the night.
Looking out into the night,
I espy two lovers near,
And their happy words I hear,
While their solemn troth they plight;
And I bless the loving twain,
Half in pleasure, half in pain,—
Looking out into the night.
I espy two lovers near,
And their happy words I hear,
While their solemn troth they plight;
And I bless the loving twain,
Half in pleasure, half in pain,—
Looking out into the night.
Looking out into the night,
Lo! a woman passing by,
Glancing round with anxious eye,
Tearful, fearful of the light;
And I think what might have been
But for treachery and sin,—
Looking out into the night.
Lo! a woman passing by,
Glancing round with anxious eye,
Tearful, fearful of the light;
And I think what might have been
But for treachery and sin,—
Looking out into the night.
Looking out into the night,
I behold a distant sail
Roughly beaten by the gale
Till it vanishes from sight;
And I ponder on the strife
Of our fleeting human life,
Looking out into the night.
I behold a distant sail
Roughly beaten by the gale
Till it vanishes from sight;
And I ponder on the strife
Of our fleeting human life,
Looking out into the night.
Looking out into the night,
I bethink me of the rest
And the rapture of the blest
In the land where all is light;
Sitting on the heavenly shore,
Weeping never,—nevermore
Looking out into the night!
I bethink me of the rest
And the rapture of the blest
In the land where all is light;
Sitting on the heavenly shore,
Weeping never,—nevermore
Looking out into the night!
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