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" 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; why was the sight... "
The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby]. - Page 156
by Samuel Johnson - 1825
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The virgin muse. Being a collection of poems from our most celebrated ...

Virgin muse - 1722 - 250 pages
...Care. Since Light fo neceflkry is to Life, And atmoft Life it felf, if it be true That Light is jn the Soul, She all in every Part •, why was the Sight To fuch a tender Ball as th' Eye confin'd ? So obvious and fo eafy to be quench'd, And not as Feeling...
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Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1753 - 356 pages
...every party why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as th' eye confin'd, /. So obvious and fo eafy to be quench'd? .• ? '.'. $£ And not as feeling through all parts diffus'd, That {he might look at will through .every pore ? Then had I not been thus exil'd from light, As in the...
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Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes ...

John Milton - 1785 - 360 pages
...in every part ; why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as th'eye confin'd, So obvious and fo eafy to be quench'd ? And not as feeling through all parts diffus'd, That fhe might look at will through every pore ? Then had I not been thus exil'd from light, As in the land...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32

John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...vacant 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 the sight To such a tender ball as th' eyeconfin'd, So obvious and so easy to be quench'd ? 95 And not as feeling through all parts diffus'd,...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 pages
...in every part ; why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as th' tye confin'd, So obvious and fo eafy to be quench'd ? And not as feeling through all parts diffus'd, That fte might look at will through every pore ? Then had 1 not been thns exil'd from light, As in the land...
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Select British Classics, Volume 7

1803 - 296 pages
...true, That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part ; why was the sight To such a tender ball as th" eye confin'd, So obvious and so easy to be quench'd, And not, as feeling, thro" all parts diffus'd, That she may look at will thro" ev'ry pore! Such are the faults and such...
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The Universal magazine, Volume 10

592 pages
...be omitted with And str< Migest drinks our chief support"1 advantage. Milton, however, was htalth; That light is in the soul, She all in every part ; why was the sight To -such a tender ball as th' eye confin'd So obvious and so easy to be quench'd ? And not as feeling, through all parts dif*«iom...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 424 pages
...be true, That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part ; why was the sight To such a tender hall as the eye confin'd, So obvious and so easy to be quench'd, And not, as feeling, through all parts diffns'd, That the may look at will thro' ev'ry pore ? Such are the faults and such the beauties of...
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The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 3

1806 - 340 pages
...true, That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as th' eye confin'd, So obvious and so easy to be quench'd, And not, as feeling, thro' all parts, diffus'd, That she may look at will thro' ev'ry pore. Such are the faults and such...
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The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]., Volume 5

1806 - 468 pages
...in er'ry part ; why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as the eye confin'd» So obvious and fo eafy to be quench'd, And not, as feeling, through all parts diffus'd That fhe may look at will thro' ev'ry pore ? Such are the faults and fuch the beauties of Samfon Agomftest...
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