 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 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,'...over all, Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree t The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar... | |
 | Henrietta Louisa Lear - 1850 - 376 pages
...dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse, Without all hope of day ! 0 first created Beam, and Thou great Word, Let there...over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd Thy prime decree ? Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul,... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 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,'...over all, Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree 1 The sun to me is daik And silent as the ino01., When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar... | |
 | A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 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 I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night,... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 508 pages
...dark, amid the blaze of noon, 80 Irrecoverably dark, total Eclipfe Without all hope cf day ! O firft created Beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light,...bereav'd thy prime decree ? The Sun to me is dark And filent as the Moon, When me deferts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light fo neceflary... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! e, confident, As sitting queen ador'd on Beauty's...throne, Descend with all her winning charms begirt To dork And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant intcrlunar cave. Since light... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 pages
...dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! "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,... | |
 | Bangor Wales, cathedral - 1852 - 118 pages
...moved upon the face of the waters. Let there be light, the Almighty said : and light was over all. O first created beam, and thou great word. Let there be light, &c. One heavenly blaze shone round this earthly ball ; and light was over all. And God said, Let us... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 344 pages
...Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! O first created beam, and thou great Word, 6 Let there be light, and light was over all ; ' Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? ss The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar... | |
 | Thomas Hastings - 1853 - 316 pages
...One of the choruses of the oratorio of " Sampson," commences with the following obscure lines : "0 first created beam ! and thou, great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all." — Milton. It appears from the poem whence the passage was taken, that at least a part of the second... | |
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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 interlunar cave. 
