| John Bell - 1796 - 470 pàgines
...ebon throne, in rayless majesty, now stretches fortli Her leacien sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world. z0 Silence how dead! and darkness how profound! Nor eye...object finds; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the gen'ral pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause; An awful pause ! prophetick of her end. z5 And... | |
| Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pàgines
...Night, 15 Ev'n in the zenith of her dark domain, Is sunshine to the colour of my fate. Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty,...forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world. 20 Silence, how dread ! and darkness, how profound ! Nor eye, nor list'ning ear, an object finds; Creation... | |
| Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pàgines
...Night, p3 Ev'n in the zenith of her dark domain, Is sunshine to the colour of my fate. * Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty,...object finds; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the gen'ral pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. And let... | |
| Edward Young - 1802 - 412 pàgines
...Night, Ev'n in the zenith of her dark domain, Is sunshine to the colour of my fate. , Nighty sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty,...object finds; Creation sleeps. Tis as the gen'ral pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause ; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. And let... | |
| Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pàgines
...and Night, Ev'n in the zenith of her dark domain, Is sunshine to the colour of my fate. Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty,...object finds; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the gen'ral pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause ; I An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. I And... | |
| Edward Young - 1802 - 402 pàgines
...and Night, Ev'n in the zenith of her dark domain, Is sunshine to the colour of my fate. Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty,...object finds; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the gen'ral pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. And let... | |
| Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) - 1803 - 342 pàgines
...unwholesome vapours of darkness, reminded us of pitching our tents, and preparing for repose. " Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, " In rayless majesty,...and darkness, how profound " Nor eye, nor list'ning car, an object finds ; " Creation sleeps. "Pis as the general pulse " Of life stood still, and nature... | |
| Edward Young - 1805 - 238 pàgines
...domain, Is sunshine to the colour of my fate. Night, sable goddess, from her ebon throne, In raj less majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er...object finds ; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the gen'ral pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause ; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. And let... | |
| Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pàgines
...forsakei: Swift on his downy pinions flies from woe, And lights on lids unsully'd with a tear. Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre, o'er a slumbering world. Silence, how dead! and darkness, how profound ! Nor eye, nor list'ning ear an object... | |
| Elizabeth Helme - 1807 - 218 pàgines
...i91 XXIV. Conclusion i98 LOUISA, OR THE COTTAGE ON THE MO'Q'R. CHAPTER I. A WANDEBEH. Night, sable goddess, from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slnmb'ring world : Silence, how dead ! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye, nor list'ning ear, an object... | |
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