Parerga/Midnight
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MIDNIGHT.
FROM STATIUS.
Scandebat roseo medii fastigia cœli
Luna jugo. Totis ubi Somnus inertior alls
Defluit in terras, mutumque amplectitur orbem.
Luna jugo. Totis ubi Somnus inertior alls
Defluit in terras, mutumque amplectitur orbem.
It was the night. In beauteous majesty
The Moon was going up through her dominions
In the mid concave of the cloudless sky.
It was the hour when Sleep unfolds his pinions
In amplest shelter, and sinks hoveringly
More and more effortless on eyelids blest,
Folding the whole wide world in deep unmurmuring rest.
The Moon was going up through her dominions
In the mid concave of the cloudless sky.
It was the hour when Sleep unfolds his pinions
In amplest shelter, and sinks hoveringly
More and more effortless on eyelids blest,
Folding the whole wide world in deep unmurmuring rest.