And (kinder still!) our intellectual night.

And see, Day’s amiable sister sends

Her invitation, in the softest rays

Of mitigated lustre; courts thy sight,

Which suffers from her tyrant brother’s blaze.

Night grants thee the full freedom of the skies,

Nor rudely reprimands thy lifted eye;

With gain, and joy, she bribes thee to be wise. 728

Night opes the noblest scenes, and sheds an awe,

Which gives those venerable scenes full weight,