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: Maude Meagher was a novelist, author of Fantastic Traveller, the tale of a young man living in a world of his dreams. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Rev. H.A. Meagher and Anne Maude Tomlinson.
