| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| What of the Night? |
| | | Sir John Bowring (1792–1872) |
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| WATCHMAN, tell us of the night, | |
| What its signs of promise are! | |
| Traveller, o’er yon mountain’s height | |
| See that glory-beaming star! | |
| Watchman, doth its beauteous ray | 5 |
| Aught of hope or joy foretell? | |
| Traveller, yes! it brings the day, | |
| Promis’d day of Israel. | |
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| Watchman, tell us of the night: | |
| Higher yet that star ascends! | 10 |
| Traveller, blessedness and light, | |
| Peace and truth, its course portends. | |
| Watchman, will its beams alone | |
| Gild the spot that gave them birth? | |
| Traveller, ages are its own, | 15 |
| And it bursts o’er all the earth! | |
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| Watchman, tell us of the night, | |
| For the morning seems to dawn. | |
| Traveller, darkness takes its flight, | |
| Doubt and terror are withdrawn. | 20 |
| Watchman, let thy wand’rings cease; | |
| Hie thee to thy quiet home. | |
| Traveller, Io! the Prince of Peace, | |
| Lo! the Son of God is come. | |
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