text:  It is impossible not to be affected by the sight of the sunset of that genius whose brightest splendour is worthily reflected in the sublime ode "God"--one of the noblest lyrics in the Russian or indeed in any language--thus heralding as it were the dawning of a more brilliant and enduring daybreak; even as in the northern summer the vapoury evening glow melts imperceptibly into the dawn and leaves no night between