 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...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 as the moon, When...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 - 1810 - 460 pages
...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 as the moon, When...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,... | |
 | 1810 - 462 pages
...great word Let there be light, and light was o.ver all ; Why Mil 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...Word, " Let there be light, and light was over all ;" Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? .85 The sun to me is dark, And silent as the moon, When...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1813 - 416 pages
...interlunii, alii silentis lunce appellant. Lib. 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." WARBURTON. I believe this display of learning might have been spared. Silent, though an adjective,... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...alii silentis luntx appellant, lib. xvi. cap. 39- I» imitation of this language, Milton ,'iys : " The sun to me is dark, And silent as the moon. / When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant intcriunar cave." WAUB. I believe this display of learning might have been spared. Silent, though an... | |
 | John Milton - 1815 - 236 pages
...word, Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thns bereav'd thy prime decree ? 85 The snn to me is dark And silent as the moon When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlnnar cave j tSince light so necessary is to life, 90 And almost life itself, if it be trne That... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 464 pages
...thou great word Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am 1 thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark, And silent as the moon, When...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 - 1816 - 496 pages
...word Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am 1 thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The suu 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,... | |
 | England - 1854 - 758 pages
...without a moon, It lives but to staguate apart, A tideless, sad lagoon. * " The sun to me is dark, A ml silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant, interlunar caves." Sam. Agon. Nor yet to peace, and wished-for end All moon-led currents run, And not all blest... | |
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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. 
