The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations |
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Page 59
... dark , dark , dark , amid the blaze of noon , Irrecoverably dark , total eclipse , Without all hope of day ! O , first - created Beam , and thou , great Word , ' Let there be light , ' and light was over all , Why am I thus bereav'd thy ...
... dark , dark , dark , amid the blaze of noon , Irrecoverably dark , total eclipse , Without all hope of day ! O , first - created Beam , and thou , great Word , ' Let there be light , ' and light was over all , Why am I thus bereav'd thy ...
Page 61
... darkness borne , With other notes than to the Orphean lyre , · sung of Chaos and eternal Night , Taught by the heavenly muse to venture down The dark descent , and up to reascend , Though hard and rare : Thee I revisit safe , And feel ...
... darkness borne , With other notes than to the Orphean lyre , · sung of Chaos and eternal Night , Taught by the heavenly muse to venture down The dark descent , and up to reascend , Though hard and rare : Thee I revisit safe , And feel ...
Page 282
... dark wall , Two niches , narrow , deep , and tall ; — Who enters at such grisly door , Shall ne'er , I ween , find exit more ! In each a slender meal was laid , Of roots , of water , and of bread : By each , in Benedictine dress , Two ...
... dark wall , Two niches , narrow , deep , and tall ; — Who enters at such grisly door , Shall ne'er , I ween , find exit more ! In each a slender meal was laid , Of roots , of water , and of bread : By each , in Benedictine dress , Two ...
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