 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...Let there 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...interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, 90 And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part; why was... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 296 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...it be true, That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part ; why was the sight To such a tender ball as th" eye confin'd, So obvious and so easy to... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - Scotland - 1804 - 558 pages
...more." " But thou " 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 "...deserts the night, " Hid in her vacant interlunar cave." SAMSoN AGONISTES. " He rejoiceth in his strength." JoB. Not satisfied with creating a third blind,... | |
 | 592 pages
...be omitted with And str< Migest drinks our chief support"1 advantage. Milton, however, was htalth; That light is in the soul, She all in every part ; why was the sight To -such a tender ball as th' eye confin'd So obvious and so easy to be quench'd ? And not as feeling, through all parts dif*«iom... | |
 | 1806 - 340 pages
...th'on greac word Let 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...it be true, That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as th' eye confin'd, So obvious and so easy to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 424 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...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, She all in... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...thou great word, Let 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...interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, 99 And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part ; why was... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 674 pages
...intcrlunii, alii silentis lunic appellant. Lih. 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." Warhurton. I helieve this display of learning migjlit have heen spared. Silent, though an adjective,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 310 pages
...and wishes, as reason too often submits to learn from despair : The sun to me a dark, And silent at the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant...it be true, That light is in the soul, She all in ev.ry part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as th. eye confin.d, - So obvious and so easy to... | |
 | 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, She all in ev'ry part; w why was the... | |
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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. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul,... 
