Threaten his bloody stage: by the clock 'tis day, And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp. Is it night's predominance, or the day's shame, That darkness does the face of earth intomb, When living light should kiss it ? Old M. 'Tis unnatural,... Specimens of Greek and Latin verse: chiefly translations - Page 70 by Charles Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 154 pages Full view -
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