 | John Milton - 1707 - 480 pages
...night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light fo neceflary is to life, And almoft life it felf, if it be true That light is in the Soul, She all in ev'ry part} why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as th'cye confin'd? So obvious and fo eafie to be quench'd, And not as... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...When she deserts the night Hid in her 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... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 296 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | 1806 - 340 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 424 pages
...as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so nccessary is to life, And almost life itself; if it be true,...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, 99 And almost life itself, if it be true That light is...as the eye confin'd, So obvious and so easy to be qucnch'd ? And not as feeling through all parts difTus'd, '1 hat she might look at will through every... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 310 pages
...to me a dark, And silent at the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life...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,... | |
 | 1808 - 590 pages
...we surfer, we willingly ask why some better arrangement did not secure us from the necessity of it. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in Ihc soul, She all in every pari ; why was the sight To such a ter.dcf ball as th' eye confin'd So obvious... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 334 pages
...deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And «lmost life itself; if it be true, That light is in the soul, She all in ev'ry part; w why was the sight To such a tender ball as th* eye confin'd, So obvious and so easy to be quench'd,... | |
 | 1808 - 602 pages
...lhat sight was not in like manner spread throughout his whole frame, that he might see at every pore ; why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confin'd, ,So obvigus and so easy to be quench'd ? And not, as feeling, through all parts diffused That she might... | |
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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... 
