 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, She all in every part;...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Էջ 10John Milton - 1852Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 624 էջ
...deserts tho night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave, Since light so necessity is to life, And aim ist life itself; if it be true. That light is in the soul, She all in every part ; whv wna the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined, So obvious and so eisy to ba qnench'd,... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 էջ
...dark, . And sQent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Since light so necessary is to life, 90 And almost life itself, if it be true That light is...every part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined, So obvious and so easy to be quench 'd ; 95 And not, as feeling, through all parts... | |
 | Daniel Parish Kidder - 1847 - 278 էջ
...dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon Irrecoverably dark ; total eclipse, Without the hope of day ! The sun to me is dark, And silent as the moon When she deserts the night." — MILTON. How greatly is this calamity increased, when to it are added the sorrows of poverty ! The... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 էջ
...great Word, ' Let there be light,' and light was over all, Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree t The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When...is in the soul, She all in every part ; why was the light To such a tender ball as th' eye confined, So obvious and so easy to be quenched ? And not as... | |
 | William Kerrigan - 1983 - 372 էջ
...an embryonic consciousness."27 Milton's Samson is similarly perplexed over the thingness of light: Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life...That light is in the Soul, She all in every part. (90-93) The bond between mind and light was assumed even in the scientific tradition, where students... | |
 | Jorge Luis Borges - 1964 - 496 էջ
...behave: tfogni luce muto and dove il sol tace to signify dark places; in the Samson Agonistes (86-89): The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon When...deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Cf. EMW Tillyard: The Miltonic Setting, 101. fore posed: Can an author create characters superior to... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 էջ
...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...deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. [80-89] How poorly the chorus understands this man, as they enter now, judging him only by outward... | |
 | John Milton - 1988 - 244 էջ
...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...Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life it self, if it be true That light is in the Soul, She all in every part; why was the sight To such... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 էջ
...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...interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almosl life itself if it be true That light is in the Soul, She all in every part; why was the sight... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 514 էջ
...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...why was the sight To such a tender ball as th' eye confined? So obvious and so easy to be quenched, And not as feeling through all parts diffused, That... | |
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