 Is now the labour of my thoughts ; 'tis likeliest They had engaged their wandering steps too far ; And envious darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me : else, O thievish night, Why shouldst thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark...  The Observatory - Page 3341911Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me; else O thievish Night 195 \Vliy wouldst thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars, That Nature hung in Heav'n, and lill'd their lamps With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 pages
...Darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me: else, O thievish Night, Why shouldst thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars That Nature hung in heav'n, and fill'd their lamps With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...darkness, ere they could return, Mad stole them from me ; else O thievish Night AVhy would»t thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars, That Nature hung in Heav'n, and fill'd their lamps With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller?... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 496 pages
...painters, who could never hit a nose or an eye, have with felicity O thievish night, Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus...close up the stars, That Nature "hung in heaven, and fill'd their lamps With everlasting oil? &c. Pope is in general very prone in this respect j indeed,... | |
 | John Milton - 1808 - 96 pages
...darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me : else, O thievish Night, Ig5 Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus...close up the stars, That Nature hung in Heaven, and fill'd their lamps With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller ? 200... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...envious darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me: else, O thievish Night, Why should'st them, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern...close up the stars, That Nature hung in Heaven, and fill'd their lamps With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller ? This... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me : else, О thievish Night, Why should'st thou, hut for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the- stars, That Nature hung in Heaven, andfill'd their lamps With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller ?... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me: else, O thievish Night, Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the-stars, That Nature hung in Heaven, and filFd their lamps With everlasting oil^ to give due light... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 622 pages
...West India Islands, who derived their name fron> the shelter they found in the multitude of creeks 132 In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars, That nature hung in heaven, and 611'd their lamps With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller ? 200... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 634 pages
...or West India Islands, who derived their name from the shelter they found in the multitude of creeks In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars, That nature hung in heaven, and fill'd their lamps With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller ? 200... | |
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