...air, Soon close ; where past the shaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no scar the sky retains j The parted wave no furrow from the keel ; So dies in human hearts the thought of death. Ev'n with the tender tear which nature sheds O'er those we love, we drop it in their grave." His Universal...

...But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air. Soon close ; where past the shaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no scar the sky retains ; The parted...keel ; So dies in human hearts the thought of death." Two of the three most famous characters of the Night Thoughts, Lorenzo and Philander, make their appearance...