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: George Presbury Rowell was an American advertising executive and publisher. He founded Printer's Ink, the first advertising trade magazine, in 1888.
