 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...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 night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, 90 And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 296 pages
...be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd 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,... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - Scotland - 1804 - 558 pages
...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 " When she deserts the night, " Hid in her vacant interlunar cave." SAMSoN AGONISTES. " He rejoiceth in his strength." JoB. Not satisfied with creating a third blind,... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - Darnley murder - 1804 - 556 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...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.... | |
 | 1806 - 340 pages
...there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thusbereav'd 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 424 pages
...be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd 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 nccessary is to life, And almost life itself; if it be true, That light is in the soul,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...there be light, and light was overall ; Why am I thus bereav'd 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, 99 And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 674 pages
...appellant. Lih. XVI, cap. 39. In imitation of this language, Milton says : " The sun to me is dark, " And silent as the moon, " When she deserts the night, " Hid in her vacant interlunar cave." Warhurton. I helieve this display of learning migjlit have heen spared. Silent, though an adjective,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 334 pages
...and wishes, as reason too often submits to learn from despair : The sun to me is dark, And silent at the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And «lmost life itself; if it be true, That light is in the soul,... | |
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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. 
