...POEMS. O firft created Beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all ; ^Vhy am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? 85 The fun to me is dark And Client as the moon, WhenJhe deferts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light fo ncceflary...

...eclipfe • Without all hope of day ! . . O firft created Beam, and thou great Word, Let there be Hght, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? Z5 The fun to me is dark And filent as the moon, When me deferts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar...

...of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipft Without all hope of day ! O firft created Beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The fun to me is dark And filent as the moon, When fhe deferts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar...

...thoa great «nrl Let there bs light, and light w?s over all; Why am 1 thus bereav'o thy prime decree? The fun to me is dark, And filent as the moon, When ih- deferts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar c jve. Since light fo necefTary is to life, And...

...exppftulations and wifhes, as reafon too often fubmits $Q learn from defpair : O firft created beam, and thou great word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereav'd, thy prime decree j , The fun to me is dark, And filent as the moon, When fhe deferts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar...

...noon, So Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! O first ereated beam, and thou great word, Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime deeree? 85 The sun tome is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant...

...V-' /I Let there be light, and light was over j!l; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime ;••;•..-' The fun to me is dark, And filent as the moon When /he deferts the night, Hid in her vacant intcrluiur cave. Since light fo neceflary is to life, And...

...great word, JLet there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thns bcreav'd thy prime decree ? The fun to me is dark And filent as the moon, When...fhe deferts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar care. Since light fo neceffary is to life. And almoft life itfelf, if it be true That light is in the...

...of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipfe Without all hope of day ! O fird created Beam, and thou great Word,. Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree Ï The fun to me is dark, And filent, as the moon When (he deferís the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar...

...will furely be underftood — I addrefs the Moon when not viable at night in our hemifphere. " The Sun to me is dark, " And filent as the Moon " When fhe deferts the night, " Hid in her fecret interlunar cave." Milton. Sampf. Agon. SONNET LXXXI. Firft printed in a Publication for the...