 | Edward Bysshe - English language - 1710 - 620 pages
...of Kindred or of Friend! Tate K. j 4 e¿r 0 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? Why was the Sight TQ Such a tel?der Ball as th'Eye confin'd, So obvious, and fq ¿afy to be quench'd?... | |
 | 1751 - 222 pages
...wiflies, as reafon too often learns 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 flie deferts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1759 - 420 pages
...dark, total eclipfe Without all hope of day ! 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? 85 The fun to me is dark And filent as the moon, When fhe deferts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 414 pages
...dark, total eclipfe Without all hope of day ! 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? 85 The fun to me is dark And filent as the moon, When fhe deferts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar... | |
 | John Milton - 1765 - 412 pages
...dark, total eclipfe Without all hope of day ! 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 i 85 The fun to me is dark And filent as the moon, When fhe deferts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...eclipfe .out all hope of day ! io MILTON'S POEMS. 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 ? 85 The fun to me is dark And filent as the moon, When (he deferts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...dark, total eclipfe Without all hope of day ! 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 ? 85 The fun to me is dark And filent as the moon, When (he deferts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 332 pages
...dark, total eelipfe Without all hope of day 1 O firft created Beam, and them great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? 85 The fun to me is dark And filent as the moon, When me deferts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! O first ereated beam, and thou great word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime deeree? 85 The sun tome is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...dark, total eclipfe Without all hope of day ! O firft-created Beam, and them great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree f 85 The fun to me is dark And filent as .the moon, When me deferts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar... | |
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light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree?" This affecting quotation, uttered with that peculiar solemnity and pathos for which the speaker was remarkable, had such an effect upon the Prince, that he burst into a flood of... 
