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" Why am I thus bereav'd 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. "
The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by ... - Page 10
by English poets - 1790
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The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the ..., Volume 2

Malcolm Laing - Gowrie Conspiracy, 1600 - 1800 - 500 pages
...But thou « Revifit'ft not thefe eyes that roll in vain *' To find thy piercing ray." PAR. LoST. " The fun to me is dark, ** And filent as the moon " When fhe deferts the night, *f Hid in her vacant interlunaf cave" SAMSoN AGoKISTES. *' He rejoiceth in his ftrength." JoB. > Not...
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The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]., Volume 3

1801 - 344 pages
...great word Let there be li^ut, and light was over all ; Why Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The fun to me is dark, And filent as the moon, When fhe deferts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunnr cave. Since light fo neceflary is to life, And almoft life itfelf ; if it be true, That...
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Rambler

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 pages
...expoftulations and wifhes, as reafon too often fubmits to learn from defpair : O firft created beam, and thou great word Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The fun to me is dark, And filent as the moon, When ihe d eferts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 458 pages
...expopulations and wifhes, as reaCon too often fubmits to learn from defpair : O firft created beam, and thou great word Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The fun to me is dark, And Clent as the moon, When fhe d^ferts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar...
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Select British Classics, Volume 7

English literature - 1803 - 296 pages
...expostulations and wishes, as reason too often submits to learn from despair: O first creafed beam, and thou great word Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ! 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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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 126

1867 - 636 pages
...of noon Irrevocably 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 ? ' When his people saw and thought of these dread sufferings — when they...
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An Inquiry Into the Principles of Harmony in Language: And of the Mechanism ...

William Mitford - English language - 1804 - 462 pages
...without rime ever produced in our language. 0 firft created beam, and thou great word, Let there he light, and light was over all, Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The sun | to me | Is dark, And si|lent as | the rroon When fhe | deierts | rhe night, Hid In | her...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 424 pages
....expostulations and wishes, as reason 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 am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? 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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The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]., Volume 5

1806 - 468 pages
...populations and wifhes, as reafon too often fubmitf to learn from defpair : O firft created beam, and thou great word Let there be light, and light was over all ; - Why am I thus berear'd thy prime decree £ The fun to me is datk, And filent as the moon, When (he deferts die night,...
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The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 3

1806 - 340 pages
...and wishes, as reason too often submits to learn from despair. O first created.beam, and th'on greac word Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thusbereav'd thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark, And silent as the moon, When she deserts the...
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