 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 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,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1851 - 420 pages
...falsi e bugiardi. " 18 Into the valley where there is no light of the Sun. " The Sun to me is dnrk, And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant 1nlorlunar cave." M1lton, Samson Agon. 14 Allusion to the long neglect of VirgiГs works before Dantas... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - English literature - 1852 - 458 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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...be light, and light was over all ;" Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ! The Sun to me is dork as a rock Of alabaster, pil'd up to the clouds, Conspicuous far, wind intcrlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light... | |
 | John Milton - Milton, John, 1608-1674 - 1853 - 380 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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...great Word, "Let there be light, and light was over all;'1 Why am I thus bereaved 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... | |
 | Redmond Barry (Sir) - 1854 - 214 pages
...great Word, " Let there be light, and light was over all," Why am I thus bereaved 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 APPENDIX I. 39 She all in... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...great Word. ' Let there be light," and light was over nil, 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 lifo, And almost 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. 
