 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
 | 1871 - 880 pages
...the sipnal blow To jola their dark encounter in mid air." [Book Ü. 1. Л4-8] In"Comus" we find: " Did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night,"— and in his ode " On the morning of Christ's Nativity: " " So, when the §nn in bed Curtain'd with cloudy... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 pages
...bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind hospitable woods provide. ****** Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining...the night And casts a gleam over this tufted grove : 1 cannot halloo to my brothers, but Such noise as I can make to be heard farthest, I'll venture,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1846 - 246 pages
...will not irresistibly be reminded of Milton's beautiful image in the Mask of Comus? Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night. N Bunyan, certainly, never imitated any living creature, nor the writings of any genius, living or... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1846 - 202 pages
...not irresistibly be reminded of Milton '4 beautiful image in the Mask of Comus ? \V us I deceived, OF did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night. Bunyan, certainly, never imitated any living creature, nor the writings of any genius, Jiving or dead... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...my life and honour unussuil'd. Was I deceir'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining oil ttering foe@G ui^-ht, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove : I cannot halloo to my brothers, but Such noise as... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 560 pages
...will not irresistibly be reminded of Milton's beautiful image in the Mask of Comus? Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night. Bunyan, certainly, never imitated any living creature, nor the writings of any genius, living or dead... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1848 - 324 pages
...will be chiefest, shall be servant of all Remember what thou wert, and be humble. Was I deceived ? or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night ? — Milian. EXERCISE X.— PROMISCUOUS. Changed to a worser shape thou canst not be. For him through... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...traveller 1 Again, she is represented as saying, while groping her way in the dark — Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining...did not err, there does a sable cloud Turn forth her sable lining on the night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove. Milton represents Comus as saying,... | |
 | 1888 - 668 pages
...Comus,' 221-225 : — Was I decciv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silier lining on the night Î 1 did not err, there does a sable cloud Turn forth her...the night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove. Upon this passage T. Warton observes, " When all succour seems to be lost, heaven unexpectedly presents... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 pages
...Would send a glist'ring guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honour unassailed. 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 cast a gleam... | |
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