 Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night? I did not err: there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove.  Comus: A Mask - Page 16by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Booth - 1837 - 360 pages
...imagination suggests. Thus Milton not only personifies a cloud, but endows it with sex : " Was I deeeiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night ?" This metaphorical creation of life and sex gives a spirit to English poetry that is unfelt in those... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 pages
...of vengeance, Would send a glistering guardian, if neet were, To keep my life and honour unassail'd Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud 'Turn forth her...cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove." " Was I deceived, &c. The re>etition," says Dr. Wharton, "arisng... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...of vengeance, Would send a glistering guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honor unassailed. Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her...cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove : I cannot halloo to my brothers, but Such noise as I can make... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...send a glist'ring guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honour unassail'd. 220 Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining...cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove : 225 88i Wai I deceiv'd] Ov. Fast v. 545. ' Fallor ? an arma... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...of vengeance, Would send a glistering guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honour unassail'd. Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night 1 I did not err, there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1840 - 944 pages
...FORTUNES. BY MRS. SC HALL. AUTHORESS OF " LIGHTS AMU SHADOWS OF IRISH I.'FB," " UNCI.E HOHACE," &C. &C. " Did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night:"— MILTON. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. LONDON : HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. LONDON... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...send a glistering guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honor unossail'd. 220 Was I deoeiv'd, r is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest...smiles ; And every sense, and every heart, is joy. A nd casts a gleam over this tufted grove : I cannot halluo to my brothers, but Such noise as I can... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...of vengeance, Would send a glist'ring guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honour unassail'd. Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night 1 I did not err ; there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1841 - 454 pages
...adorns, And gilds his social nature hid from sight, Turns but its darkness on a world he scorns. " Did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?" Comus. EXTRACT VIII. Venice. female Beauty at Venice. — No longer what it was in the Time of Titian.... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1841 - 440 pages
...adorns, And gilds his social nature hid from sight, Turns but its darkness on a world he scorns. " Did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?" Conaa. EXTRACT VIII. Venice. Female Beauty at Venice. — No longer what it was in the Time of Titian.... | |
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