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" As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild... "
A scriptural and allegorical glossary to Milton's Paradise lost - Page 51
by Christian Cann - 1828 - 290 pages
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The Englishman's fire-side

492 pages
...when the nioon, refulgent lamp of night, t , O'er Heav IT'S clear azure sheds her sacred light, Where not. a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene, i' ,.\\'\, ji< ] o Tin // Pi. .• : . t • . Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 404 pages
...rising morn. As when in stillness of the silent night, As when the moon in all her lustre bright : As when the moon refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure sheds her silver light; pure spreads sacred As still in air the trembling lustre stood, And o'er its...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 3

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1821 - 402 pages
...As an instance, the " shining vales" are not in the original, but taken from Chapman's " vallies." As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night ! O'er heaven's...pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And dp with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of...
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The British Prose Writers...: Fitzosborne's letters

British prose literature - 1821 - 336 pages
...riooTot Se T iiJerai acrpa' yeyiifie Se re ^pevot iroipriv. IL. viii. 555. As whcn the moon, refulge-.it lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her...trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from...
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The Cottager's monthly visitor, Volume 1

1821 - 614 pages
...splendid set of verses. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heav'n's clear azure sheds her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep...Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unmimber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver...
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Moral Tales for Young People

Maria Edgeworth - Children's stories - 1821 - 270 pages
...too!" She knocked at the cottage window— still no answer. " All silent as night!" said she— *' When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene." —Angelina, as she repeated these lines stood with her back to the cottage win* dow; the window opened,...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 312 pages
...her guilty race. The troops exulting sat in order round, And beaming fires illumined all the ground. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's...trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from...
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The English Reading Book in Verse: Adapted to Domestic and to School Education

William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...liquid murmur pours ; And lulls the silent scene to more profound repose. MOONLIGHT. Pope's Homer. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's...trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales ; the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts...
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Frank: A Sequel to Frank in Early Lessons

Maria Edgeworth - Boys - 1822 - 520 pages
...got by heart for you." " As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure sheds her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep...trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head. Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from...
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Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq, Volume 1

Charles Butler - Autobiography - 1822 - 706 pages
...white barley and oats, and awaited the fair" throned morning." Pope thus translates the simile : " As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, " O'er...Around her throne the vivid planets roll, " And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole, " O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, "And tip with silver...
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