No glittering constellations kindly throw

Their twinkling beacons o'er the void below;

No satellite with pale invasive beam

Breaks through the darkness awful and extreme;

No comet, through the vast sidereal waste,

Pursues its orbit with unbridled haste;

No silvery moon, through the dissembling shroud,

May shine or burst through orifice of cloud

In mellow radiations, soft and sweet;

Darkness most dense, oppressive and complete.