midnight
Rarely upon that cheek was shed , By health or by youth , one tinge of red , And never closest look could descry , In shine or shade , the hue of her eye , But , as it were made of light , it changed With every sunbeam that over it ranged . '' The midnight stars were over all the heaven , O , wildly , wildly bright ! Orion , like a flaming monarch , led up `` the host of palpitating stars '' to their proud zenith , while , far in the boreal regions , danced strange , atmospheric lights , with flitting , fantastic motions and ever-changing forms and colors . A young girl stood in the deep recess of a large window , with the rich , blue-wrought damask curtains wrapped closely about her slight , fragile form , gazing intently on the splendors of the midnight heaven . Long she stood there , and no sound broke the stillness , save now and then a half-audible sigh . At length she said , `` I can not endure this solitude and the depression which is stealing over me . Would that I had a mother to love and bless me !