 | Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...alii silentis luntx appellant, lib. xvi. cap. 39- Iť 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 - English literature - 1816 - 484 pages
...created beam, and 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...necessary is to life, And almost life itself ; if it be true, That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part ; why was the sight To such a tender ball... | |
 | 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...necessary is to life, And almost life itself ; if it be true, That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part ; why was the sight To such a tender ball... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1817 - 308 pages
...created beam, and 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...necessary is to life, And almost life itself; if it be tnie, That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part ; why was the sight To such a tender ball... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 456 pages
...created beam, and 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...necessary is to life, And almost life itself; if it be true, That light is in the soul, She all in every part ; why was the sight To such a tender ball... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 462 pages
...created beam, and thou great word Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus berea/d thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark, And silent...necessary is to life, And almost life itself; if it be true, That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part ; why was the sight To such a tender ball... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...Word, " Let there be light, and light was over all ;" Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ! Tin' -9+ be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part ; why was the sight To such a tender ball... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 356 pages
...created Beam, and thou great Word, " Let there be light, and light was over all;" Why am I thus bercav'd thy prime decree ! The Sun to me is dark And silent...necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part ; why was the sight To such a tender ball... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 614 pages
...interlunii, alii silentis lunae 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." WAREURTON. I believe this display of learning might have been spared. Silent, though an adjective,... | |
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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. 
