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Patricia Meyer Spacks. THE COMPLAINT : OR NIGHT - THOUGHTS ON LIFE , DEATH , AND IMMORTALITY ! ( 1743 ) The appeal of The Complaint ( more generally known as Night - Thoughts ) for contemporary readers derived partly from its claim to be ...
Patricia Meyer Spacks. THE COMPLAINT : OR NIGHT - THOUGHTS ON LIFE , DEATH , AND IMMORTALITY ! ( 1743 ) The appeal of The Complaint ( more generally known as Night - Thoughts ) for contemporary readers derived partly from its claim to be ...
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... Night Even in the Zenith of her dark Domain , Is Sun - shine , to the colour of my Fate . Night , sable Goddess ! from her Ebon throne , In rayless Majesty , now stretches forth Her leaden Scepter o'er a slumbering world : Silence , how ...
... Night Even in the Zenith of her dark Domain , Is Sun - shine , to the colour of my Fate . Night , sable Goddess ! from her Ebon throne , In rayless Majesty , now stretches forth Her leaden Scepter o'er a slumbering world : Silence , how ...
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... Night & every Morn Some to Misery are Born Every Morn & every Night Some are Born to sweet delight Some are Born to sweet delight Some are Born to Endless Night We are led to Believe a Lie When we see not Thro the Eye Which was Born in a ...
... Night & every Morn Some to Misery are Born Every Morn & every Night Some are Born to sweet delight Some are Born to sweet delight Some are Born to Endless Night We are led to Believe a Lie When we see not Thro the Eye Which was Born in a ...
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