This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
Bio: Belva Davis was an American television and radio journalist. She was the first African-American woman to become a television reporter on the U.S. West Coast.
