| 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 night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, 90 And almost life itself, if it be true That... | |
| 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 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...operative faculty 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... | |
| 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 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... | |
| 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 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... | |
| 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, " When she deserts the night, " Hid in her vacant interlunar cave." Warhurton. I helieve this display of learning migjlit have heen spared. Silent, though... | |
| 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 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 296 pages
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| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 412 pages
...thou great word Let there be light, and light was ovur 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... | |
| 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... | |
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