“How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist obscures; nor cloud, or speck,…”

“Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he…”

“Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber! Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling…”

“Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after…”

“To all, to each, a fair good-night, And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.”

“Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams The blue Mediterranean, where he lay, Lull'd by the coil…”