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" Why am I thus bereaved 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 History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the Accession of ... - Page 453
by Malcolm Laing - 1804
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author

John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...great Word, Let there he light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus hereav'd thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark, And silent as the moon, When...deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it he true That light is in the soul,...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 12

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 856 pages
...and luna. INTERI.U'NARY, adj. > Belonging to the time when the moon, about the change, is invisible e special honorary service to the king in person ; as to carry his banner, his sword, or the iiiterluitar cave. Milton. We add the two Egyptian days in every month, the interlunary and plemlunary...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 3

John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...thoa 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 inlerlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 3

Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...be light, and light was over all; The sun to me is dark, Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life*! [self, if it be true She all in every part;...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 20

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 798 pages
...infamy seeks fame ; Therefore eternal silence be their doom. U. The sun to me is dark, And .-¡It ni as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. U. This new created world, whereof in hell Fame is not tilcnt. H. Thui could not the mouths of worthy...
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The Vision : Or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri, Volume 1

Dante Alighieri - 1831 - 366 pages
...evening shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities." 1) Where the sun in silence rests.] The sun to me is dark, And silent as the moon, When...deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Milton. Sa. Ago. The same metaphor will recur, Canto v. verse 29. Into a place I came Where light was...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3

John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? 85 The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When...deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, 90 And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - 1834 - 498 pages
...great Word, 'Let there be light, and light was over all ;' Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? 85 The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When...deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, 90 And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the...
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The Poetry of Life, Volume 1

Sarah Stickney Ellis - Life - 1835 - 358 pages
...raven down " Of darkness till it smiled." " Midnight shout and revelry, " Tipsy dance and jollity." " The sun to me is dark " And silent as the moon, "...deserts the night, " Hid in her vacant interlunar cave." — MILTON. The measure of the following two lines is remarkably descriptive of the tardy leave-taking...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 5

1836 - 428 pages
...great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree 7 85 The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When...deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, 90 And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the...
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