 Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night? I did not err: there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove.  Comus: A Mask - Page 25by John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 66 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...Repairing where he judged them, prostrate fell, &c. Another in Comus, line 222 : — Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining...sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night. Orlando. If ever you have look'd on better days j If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 414 pages
...Repairing where he judged them, prostrate fell, &c. Another in Comus, line 222 : — Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining...sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night. Orlando. If ever you have look'd on better days ; If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pages
...Repairing where he judged them, prostrate fell, &c. Another in Comus, line 222 : — Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night 1 1 did not err, there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night. Orlando. If ever... | |
 | 1837 - 682 pages
...delighted with a glimpse of the moon — Was I deceived ? or did a sable cloud Turn forth her nlver lining on the night ? I did not err, there does a sable cloud Turn out her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove. In Sidney's jircadia,... | |
 | David Booth - 1837 - 360 pages
...imagination suggests. Thus Milton not only personifies a cloud, but endows it with sex : " Was I deeeiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night ?" This metaphorical creation of life and sex gives a spirit to English poetry that is unfelt in those... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...vengeance, Would send a glist'ring guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honour unassail'd. 220 Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver...the night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove : 225 88i Wai I deceiv'd] Ov. Fast v. 545. ' Fallor ? an arma sonant ? Non fallimur : anna sonabant'... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 pages
...Would send a glistering guardian, if neet were, To keep my life and honour unassail'd Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud 'Turn forth her silver lining...night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove." " Was I deceived, &c. The re>etition," says Dr. Wharton, "arisng from the conviction and confidence... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 pages
...Would send a glistering guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honour unassail'd. Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night 1 I did not err, there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1840 - 944 pages
...FORTUNES. BY MRS. SC HALL. AUTHORESS OF " LIGHTS AMU SHADOWS OF IRISH I.'FB," " UNCI.E HOHACE," &C. &C. " Did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night:"— MILTON. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. LONDON : HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. LONDON... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...send a glistering guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honor unossail'd. 220 Was I deoeiv'd, r is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest...smiles ; And every sense, and every heart, is joy. A nd casts a gleam over this tufted grove : I cannot halluo to my brothers, but Such noise as I can... | |
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