 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
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...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...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 ; for... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1841 - 440 pages
...adorns, And gilds his social nature hid from sight, Turns but its darkness on a world he scorns. " Did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?" Conaa. EXTRACT VIII. Venice. Female Beauty at Venice. — No longer what it was in the Time of Titian.... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1841 - 438 pages
...adorns, And gilds his social nature hid from sight, Turns but its darkness on a world he scorns. " Did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?" Gamut. EXTRACT VIII. Venice. Female Beauty at Venice. — No longer what it was in the Time of Titian.... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1841 - 454 pages
...adorns, And gilds his social nature hid from sight, Turns but its darkness on a world he scorns. " Did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?" Comus. EXTRACT VIII. Venice. female Beauty at Venice. — No longer what it was in the Time of Titian.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1846 - 710 pages
...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 ? ' " " The rest has escaped me," said the reciter ; " and I marvel I have been able to remember so... | |
 | Science - 1842 - 496 pages
...relief, such as the moonlight-edged cloud so prettily described in Milton's Comus : — Was I deceived ? or did a sable cloud. Turn forth her silver lining on the night Reflected Lit/Ids. — Lights which fall on the shaded sides of objects, by being reflected from water... | |
 | Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1846 - 620 pages
...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 ? ' " " The rest has escaped me," said the reciter ; " and I marvel I have been able to remember so... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...vengeance, Would send a glistering guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honor unassail'd. 220 Was I will cost a plum. Wise Peter sees the world's respect...store, And be what Rome's great Didius was before. : [ cannot halloo to my brothers, but Such noise as I can make to be heard farthest I'll venture ;... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...my tife and honor unassail'd. 220 Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud funi forth her silver tining but by the Spirit understood. Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names, Places, and ti A i ni casts a gleam over this tufted grove : I cannot halloo to my brothers, but Such noise as I can... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...Would send a glistering guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honour unassail'd. Was I dcceiv'd, % " I did not err ; there docs a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam... | |
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