 The earth is every day overspread with the veil of night for the same reason as the cages of birds are darkened — viz. that we may the more readily apprehend the higher harmonies of thought in the hush and quiet of darkness. Thoughts which day turns...  The New Parley Library ... - Page 1421844Full view - About this book
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1803 - 492 pages
...of those silent and brooding thoughts which are the natural prey of the intellect. Bichter says that "the earth is every day overspread with the veil of night for the same reason as the cages of birds are darkened, viz.: that we may the more readily apprehend the higher harmonies... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...himself with something higher in himself, this is it which makes him the immortal creature that he is. The earth is every day overspread with the veil of night for the same reason as the cages of birds are darkened — viz. that we may the more about us in the night as lights and... | |
 | Miss Browne - Poets, English - 1839 - 314 pages
...every day overspread with the veil of Night, for the same reason as the cages of birds are darkened, that we may the more readily apprehend the higher harmonies of thought in the hush and quiet of darkness. Thoughts, which day turns into smoke and mist, stand about us in the night as lights... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - Poets, English - 1839 - 374 pages
...Richter, the following passage relating to Night was singularly in unison with her own feelings : — ' The earth is every day overspread with the veil of Night, for the same reason as the cages of birds are darkened, that we may the more readily apprehend the higher harmonies of... | |
 | Harriet Mary Browne Owen - 1839 - 312 pages
...Richter, the following passage relating to Night was singularly in unison with her own feelings : — ' The earth is every day overspread with the veil of Night, for the same reason as the cages of birds are darkened, that we may the more readily apprehend the higher harmonies of... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 376 pages
...every day overspread with the veil of Night, for the same reason as the cages of birds are darkened, that we may the more readily apprehend the higher harmonies of thought in the hush and quiet of darkness. Thoughts, which day turns into smoke and mist, stand about us in the night as lights... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1840 - 378 pages
...Richter, the following passage relating to Night was singularly in unison with her own feelings : — ' The earth is every day overspread with the veil of Night, for the same reason as the cages of birds are darkened, that we may the more readily apprehend the higher harmonies of... | |
 | Harriet Mary Browne - 1840 - 302 pages
...Richter, the following passage relating to Night was singularly in unison with her own feelings : — ' The earth is every day overspread with the veil of Night, for the same reason as the cages of birds are darkened, that we may the more readily apprehend the higher harmonies of... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 368 pages
...Richter, the following passage relating to Night was singularly in unison with her own feelings : — ' The earth is every day overspread with the veil of Night, for the same reason as the cages of birds are darkened, that we may the more readily apprehend the higher harmonies of... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 392 pages
...Richter, the following passage relating to Night was singularly in unison with her own feelings : — ' The earth is every day overspread with the veil of Night, for the same reason as the cages of birds are darkened, that we may the more readily apprehend the higher harmonies of... | |
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