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... Night and Death . ” Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee from divine report , and heard thy name , Did he not tremble for this lovely frame , This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet ' neath a curtain of translucent ...
... Night and Death . ” Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee from divine report , and heard thy name , Did he not tremble for this lovely frame , This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet ' neath a curtain of translucent ...
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... night and the stars es- pecially to those doomed to endure the rush and turmoil of the great city the chief is that ... night , what Milton beautifully calls the soft silence of the list'ning night . " Black- Shakespeare appears , for ...
... night and the stars es- pecially to those doomed to endure the rush and turmoil of the great city the chief is that ... night , what Milton beautifully calls the soft silence of the list'ning night . " Black- Shakespeare appears , for ...
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... night ; come , loving black browed night . THE RAPE OF LUCRECE . Till sable night , mother of Dread and Fear , Upon the world dim darkness doth display , And in her vaulty prison stows the day . ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL . Act 2 . Scene ...
... night ; come , loving black browed night . THE RAPE OF LUCRECE . Till sable night , mother of Dread and Fear , Upon the world dim darkness doth display , And in her vaulty prison stows the day . ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL . Act 2 . Scene ...
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ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA appearance Astrology Astronomy in Shakespeare axis beams beautiful believe bright called cause celestial centre Century charm clouds Comets constellation Copernican Copernicus course crystal CYMBELINE dark Dickens distance doth double stars east eclipse falling fire firmament Fixed Stars globe golden HAMLET hath heaven heavenly bodies Helena Hell HENRY ideas KING JOHN KING LEAR KING RICHARD light Mars MEMORIAM meteor MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM miles Milton mind modern astronomy moon morning motion moving Neptune never night o'er PALACE OF ART Paradise Lost passage Phoebus planetary influence planets poem poet poetic poetry Pole Star Ptolemaic system references revolving round rising ROMEO AND JULIET round the earth Satan Saturn says Scene seen Shakespeare's plays shine shooting star SONNET sphere starry sun and moon sun's telescope TEMPEST TENNYSON thee thou thro TIMON OF ATHENS TITUS ANDRONICUS Venus wonder zodiac