 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 페이지
...proudest tone Of thy bold harp, green Isle ! — the Hero is thine own. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME TO MAN. 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 Martin - 1838 - 368 페이지
...Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. SLOWER AND MORE SOLEMN 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 1 Nor eye nor listening ear an object... | |
 | Edward Young - 1839 - 300 페이지
...distress; and night, E'en in the zenith of her dark domain, Is sunshine to the colour of my fate. Nightj sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty,...forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world. Silence how dead! and darkness how profound! Nor eye nor llst'ning ear an object finds; Of life stood... | |
 | Henry De la Pasture - 1839 - 948 페이지
...to be serious for a moment, had better avoid reading the next chapter. CHAPTER IV. " Night, liable Goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty,...forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world. Silence, how dead ! and darkness, how profound ! Nor eye nor list'ning ear an object finds ; Creation... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 페이지
...cease ; Think of heaven's bliss, and give the sign . To parting friends : — Such death be mine ! (m) Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless...forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world. Silence how dead ! " and darkness how profound ! Nor eye, nor listening ear, an object finds ; Creation... | |
 | 1840 - 372 페이지
...distress ; 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 now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. Silence, how dead ! and darkness, how profound 1 Nor eye nor listening ear an object... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 페이지
...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 a slumbering world. Silence how dead! and darkness how profound! i Nor eye nor listening ear an object... | |
 | Mrs. Monkland - 1842 - 144 페이지
...driver, and that the horse was wet and covered with sand, as if he had been in the sea. CHAPTER XVIII. " Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne In rayless...majesty now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world." YOUNO "Bat hark! They come -with half-lit tapers in their hands, And snatch'd in... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1843 - 554 페이지
...abound in the works of the same poet What can exceed in power and beauty his first address to Night? "Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty now stretches fnrth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world. Silence how dread ! and darkness how profound ! Nor... | |
 | William Russell - 1844 - 428 페이지
...close ; And Hope enchanted smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair." EXERCISES O'N TIME. Slowest Rate. " 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. 
