The sacred Book to us hath told.

I deem that morning holds more charms

Than day hides elsewhere in her arms;

But when she folds her shadowy tent,

And stars laugh in the firmament,

A newer phase doth nature take,

And in the heart new joys awake.

Some love the ball-room’s din and glare

As soft they trip some favorite air,

Some love to lounge about the spring,