 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
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 358 էջ
...raven down " Of darkness till it smiled." " Midnight shout and revelry, " Tipsy dance and jollity." " The sun to me is dark " And silent as the moon, "...deserts the night, " Hid in her vacant interlunar cave." — MILTON. The measure of the following two lines is remarkably descriptive of the tardy leave-taking... | |
 | 1836 - 558 էջ
...great Word, " Let there be light, and light was over all ;" Why am 1 thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark, And silent as the moon, When...light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, ifit be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part; why was the sight To such a tender ball... | |
 | 1836 - 428 էջ
...great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree 7 85 The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When...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... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 էջ
...the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse, Without all hope of day ! » * * * * Since life so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul — * * why was the sight To such a tender ball as th' eye confined ? So obvious, and so easy to be... | |
 | Stanhope Busby - 1837 - 136 էջ
...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...her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary ia to life, And almost life itself, if it be true' That light is in the soul, She all in every part... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 էջ
...deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunarcaTe, Since light no necessary is to life, And nlnrwt life itself ; if it be true, That light is in the...She all in every part : why was the sight To such n tender ball as tho eye confined, So obvious and so easy to be qtiench'd, And not, as feeling, through... | |
 | Stanhope Busby - 1837 - 132 էջ
...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. And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part ; why was the... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1837 - 426 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 she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunarcave." Contemplating, then, in the morning's dawn, the hills, the vales, the woods, the streams,... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 էջ
...great Word, 'Let there be light, and light was over all ;' Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? 85 The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When...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... | |
 | Mrs. Frederick Montgomerie - 1839 - 244 էջ
...account, wilfully deprive yourself of the advantages of nature's " prime decree?" You may exclaim, Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life...light is in the soul, She all in every part, why was this sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined, So obvious and so easy to be quenched ? And not... | |
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