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: Edward Ernest Bowen was an influential schoolmaster at Harrow School from 1859 until his death, and the author of the Harrow school song, Forty Years On.
