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1803
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Murphy's essay. The rambler. The adventurer. The idler. Rasselas. Tales of ...

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...wishes, a reason too often submits to learn from despair : O first created beam, and thou great word Lot bereaved thy prime decree t The sun to me is dark, And silent as the moon, Whfin sh". deserts the night,...
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The Poetry of Life, Volume 1

Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 358 pages
...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...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 5

1836 - 436 pages
...amid the blaze of noon, 80 Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! O first-created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? 85 The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night...
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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins

1836 - 558 pages
...amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! O first created beam, and thou 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 she deserts...
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Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of Milton

Stanhope Busby - 1837 - 136 pages
...the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse, Without all hope of day ! O first created btam, and thou great word, Let there be light, and light...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...
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Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of Milton

Stanhope Busby - 1837 - 132 pages
...amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse, Without all hope of day .' O first created beam, and thou great word, Let there be light, and...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...
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The Sanctuary and the Oratory: Or, Illustrations and Records of Devotional Duty

Thomas Milner - 1837 - 426 pages
...amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! 0 first-created Beam, and thou 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,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: An essay on the life and genius of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...such expostulations and wishes, as leoson too often submits to learn from despair : O first created beam, and thou great word Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why sun I thus bereaved thy prime decree ! The sun to me is dark. And pileut as the moon. When she deserts...
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Biography of the Blind: Or the Lives of Such as Have Distinguished ...

James Wilson - 1838 - 372 pages
...amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eolipse, Without all hqpe of day ! O first created beam, and thou 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" — But happy is it for us, that 'we...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 2

John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...amid the blaze of noon, so Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! O first created beam, and thou great Word, 'Let there be light, and...over all ;' Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? 85 The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar...
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