 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 sidor
...distress ; and night, E'en 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, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er n slumbering world. Silence how dead ! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye, nor list'ning ear, an object... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 sidor
...: The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. 84. Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne In rayless...forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world. Silence, how dead 1 and darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor list'ning ear an object finds : Creation... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1850 - 88 sidor
...Define grandeur. Vastness. Pathos. Reverence. Adoration. 5. Deep Solemnity, Awe, and Consternation. 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 listening ear an object... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 602 sidor
...distress ; and Night, E'en in the zenith of her dark domain, li sunshine to the colour of my fate. 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 listening ear an object... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 sidor
...Define grandeur. Vastness. Pathos. Reverence. Adoration. 5. Deep Solemnity, Awe, and Consternation. 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 listening ear an object... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 sidor
...the ' Night Thought;,' and the last is from the ' Universal Passion.' LIFE, DEATH, AND IMMORTALITY. 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 listening ear an object... | |
 | William Russell - 1851 - 392 sidor
...every close ; And Hope enchanted smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair." J EXERCISES ON TIME. Slowest Hate. "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 listening ear an object... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 sidor
...along its slippery way, I love thce, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art. Remarks. d. Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless...forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world. Remarks. 4. Apostrophe. Oh, that those lips had language! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 sidor
...examples of tho sublime. Dr. Chalmers excels among prose writers. Dr. Young thus addresses Night : " Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless...majesty now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. Silence how dread ! and darkness how profound ' Nor eye nor listening ear an object... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 sidor
...sable curtain starred with gold, Drawn o'er my labors past, shall clothe the scene. * * * * # # 3. 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 listening ear an object... | |
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Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end. 
