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: Isaac Charles Parker was a United States Congressman for Missouri and a jurist, who presided over the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas for twenty-one years.
