 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
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1851 - 324 pages
...Whosoever of you will be chiefest, shall be servant of all Remember what thou wert, and be humble. Was I deceived ? or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night 1 — MilloTi. EXERCISE X.— PROMISCUOUS. Changed to a worser shape thou canst not be. For him through... | |
 | Reuben Harvey - 1851 - 128 pages
...bis wonted face renewed, And with fresh flowrets hill and valley nulled." Paradise Lost, Book rt. " Was I deceived, or did a sable Cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the Night." Milton's Comus. 1 Hills ' in the former, should have been given a capital as well as ' Cloud ' in the... | |
 | Leo Hartley Grindon - Figures of speech - 1851 - 258 pages
...natural sexes. What power and charm it gives to their allusions, needs but little illustration : — ' Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud ,' Turn forth her silver lining to the night ?' — Milton. Birds, one's country, bashfuluess, dancing. music, the morning, ships,... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 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...cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove : Such noise .as I can make to be heard farthest I '11 venture... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...vengeance, Would send a glistering guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honour 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 hallo to my brothers, but Such noise as I can make to... | |
 | John Broadbent - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 364 pages
...war in The tower. FIG 20 The Lady from ' Comus', an oil painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1785. ' Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?' (220). Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; his companion picture, The Indian window, is in the Derby Museum... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...Would send a glislring Guardian if need were To keep my life and honour unassail'd. Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining...cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casls a gleam over this tufted Grove. I cannot hallow to my Brothers, but Such noise as I can make... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...with sleep? 7475 Comus Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round. 7476 Comus Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night? 7453 7477 Comus Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 2003 - 1012 pages
...vengence, Would send a glistering guardian if need were To keep my life and honour unassailed. 220 Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night? 1 did not err, there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam... | |
 | Kaiman Lee - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 120 pages
...lining !! ln 1634, John Milton wrote in Comus: "a woman lost in a wood takes hope in these words: Was l deceived, or did a sable cloud turn forth her silver lining on the night?" !! lt appeared in the popular World War l song: "Keep the Home Fires Burning" (lvor Novello and Lena... | |
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