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: Daniel R. White is an American attorney and author. His first book, The Official Lawyer’s Handbook,, a satire of the legal profession, was a bestseller in the early 1980s.
