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" Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul,... "
Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces - Page 208
edited by - 1821 - 807 pages
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32

John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime deeree? 85 The sun tome is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the...interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, 90 And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part; why was...
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Select British Classics, Volume 7

English literature - 1803 - 296 pages
...creafed beam, and thou great word Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ! The sun to me is dark, And silent...it be true, That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part ; why was the sight To such a tender ball as th" eye confin'd, So obvious and so easy to...
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The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the ..., Volume 4

Malcolm Laing - Scotland - 1804 - 558 pages
...more." " But thou " Revisit'st not these eyes that roll in vain " Tofnd thy piercing ray" PAR. LoST. " The sun to me is dark, " And silent as the moon "...deserts the night, " Hid in her vacant interlunar cave." SAMSoN AGONISTES. " He rejoiceth in his strength." JoB. Not satisfied with creating a third blind,...
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The Universal magazine, Volume 10

592 pages
...be omitted with And str< Migest drinks our chief support"1 advantage. Milton, however, was htalth; That light is in the soul, She all in every part ; why was the sight To -such a tender ball as th' eye confin'd So obvious and so easy to be quench'd ? And not as feeling, through all parts dif*«iom...
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The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the ..., Volume 4

Malcolm Laing - Darnley murder - 1804 - 556 pages
..." But thou " Revisit'st not these eyes that roll in vain " To find thy piercing ray." PAR. LOsT. " The sun to me is dark, " And silent as the moon " When she deserts the night, " Hid in her vacant inter lunar cave" SAMsON AGONISTES. " He rejoiceth in his strength." JOB. Not satisfied with creating...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...operative faculty which God gave them, would become siiint, tirtueless, and dend. Raleigh. The $'.:r> to me is dark, And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. . Milton. }• Not mentioning. This new created world, whereof in hell Fame is not lilmt. Miltm. SI'T-ESTLY....
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The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 3

1806 - 340 pages
...created.beam, and th'on greac word Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thusbereav'd thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark, And silent...it be true, That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as th' eye confin'd, So obvious and so easy to...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 424 pages
...created beam, and thou great word Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark, And silent...Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so nccessary is to life, And almost life itself; if it be true, That light is in the soul, She all in...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...created beam, and thou great word, Let there be light, and light was overall ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent...interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, 99 And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part ; why was...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 674 pages
...intcrlunii, alii silentis lunic appellant. Lih. XVI, cap. 39. In imitation of this language, Milton says : " The sun to me is dark, " And silent as the moon, "...deserts the night, " Hid in her vacant interlunar cave." Warhurton. I helieve this display of learning migjlit have heen spared. Silent, though an adjective,...
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