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: John O'Connor Power was an Irish Fenian and a Home Rule League and Irish Parliamentary Party politician and as in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland represented Mayo from June 1874 to 1885.