 | John Rutledge Scott - 1915 - 694 pages
...Then 7 a spirit 7 passed before my face, 7 the hair of my flesh 7 stood up. — The Book of Job. 2. Night, sable goddess, from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world. Silence how dead! and darkness how profound! Nor eye nor listening... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 944 pages
...short for my distress; and night, 15 Even in the zenith of her dark domain, Is sunshine to the color of my fate. Night, sable goddess, from her ebon throne,...In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world. Silence how dead! and darkness how profound! 21 Nor eye nor listening... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - 1916 - 1604 pages
...too short for my distress; and Night, Even in the zenith of her dark domain, Is sunshine to the color of my fate. Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth 20 Her leaden scepter o 'er a slumbering world. Silence how dead! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye... | |
 | Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1920 - 314 pages
...— • A bitter change ! — severer for severe ; The day too short for my distress; and night, E'en in the zenith of her dark domain, Is sunshine to the...majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. Silence how deadl and darkness' how profoundl Nor eye nor listening ear an object... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...Call. (See also LONGFELLOW) 7 Night begins to muffle up the day. WITHERS — Mistresse of Philarete. 8 5 slumbering world. Silence, how dead! and darkness, how profound! S»or eye, nor list'ning ear, an object... | |
 | Judah Leo Landau - 1923 - 196 pages
...popularity. The first few lines remind one vividly of Young's introductory verses : — " Night . . . from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. . . Nor eye, nor listening ear, an object finds." Although the author, in his preface,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 pages
...of the Deity. By night an atheist half believes a God. Nifnl Thonghu, Nifht ». DR. E. YOUNG. Sight, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. Nifht Thought!, Nithtl. DR. E. YOUNG. All is gentle ; naught Uirs rudely ; but, congenial... | |
 | Eino Railo - 1925 - 500 pages
...epätoivon vallassa. Juhlallisesti deklamoiden hän runoilee: Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, 1n rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world. »Hiljaisuus ja pimeys» ovat hänelle »juhlallisia sisaruksia», »kaksoisia». Blairin nimenomaisena... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...of pain, A bitter change ; severer for severe : The Day too short for my Distress ! and Night Even in the Zenith of her dark Domain, Is Sun-shine, to...In rayless Majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden Scepter o'er a slumbering world : Silence, how dead ? and Darkness how profound ? Nor Eye, nor list'ning... | |
 | John George Robertson, Charles Jasper Sisson - 1926 - 510 pages
...Darkness. I wake, how happy they who wake no more. Tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep. Night, Even in the zenith of her dark domain, Is sunshine to the colour of my face. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss. the name of 'imitation' of the... | |
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Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. 
