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I had been trying for years to determine where the final lyrics in a musical work called "Incantations" by Mike Oldfield had their source. Most of this work, mainly instrumental, contains excerpts from Hiawatha by Longfellow. I could not find a connection between these two groups of lyrics however, until I typed the verse "Hesperus entreats thy light" into a search field and found this work by Ben Jonson. Incredible, and so fitting with the theme by Mike Oldfield in his Masterpiece, Incantations. Obviously in reference to the Moon. A reverence for it's character and quality as viewed from the perspective of those who so depended on her light.
William K. Edwards from United States