Was felt near murmuring brooks in earliest time;
As at this day, the rudest swains who dwell 15
Where torrents roar, or hear the tinkling knell
Of water-breaks, with grateful heart could tell.
[309] Hamlet, act III. scene i. l. 56.—Ed.
“HOW BEAUTIFUL THE QUEEN OF NIGHT, ON HIGH”
Composed 1846.—Published 1850
One of the “Miscellaneous Poems.”—Ed.
How beautiful the Queen of Night, on high