Through whose sparkling portals wide,

Fiends of storm and darkness ride.

Like Cheerfulness, thou art wont to gaze

Always on the brightest blaze;

Canst from setting suns deduce

Varied gleams and sprightly hues;

And on low’ring gloom imprint

Smiling streaks of gayest tint.

R. Southey, 1774–1850.

THE WINDY NIGHT.