NIGHT. Ann Radcliffe (née Ward) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823. The Poems of Mrs. Ann Radcliffe. London printed by and for J. Smith, Princes Street 1816 pp. 34-35. 118p. [Radcliffe's poems only, pp. 1-95]

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NIGHT . O'er the dim breast of Ocean's wave Night spreads afar her gloomy wings , And pensive thought , and silence brings , Save when the distant waters lave . Or when the mariner's lone voice Swells faintly in the passing gale , Or when the screaming sea-gulls poise O'er the tall mast and swelling sail , Bounding the grey gleam of the deep , Where fancy'd forms arouse the mind , Dark sweep the shores , on whose rude steep Sighs the sad spirit of the wind . Sweet is its voice upon the air At ev'ning's melancholy close , When the smooth wave in silence flows ! Sweet , sweet the peace its stealing accents bear ! Blest be thy shades , O Night ! and blest the song Thy low winds breathe the distant shores along !