Selected Poetry and ProseMelbourne University Press, 1948 - 149 pages |
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Page 68
... light appears , and from the walls of Heaven Shoots far into the bosom of dim Night A glimmering dawn ; here Nature first begins Her farthest verge , and Chaos to retire As from her outmost works , a broken foe , With tumult less and ...
... light appears , and from the walls of Heaven Shoots far into the bosom of dim Night A glimmering dawn ; here Nature first begins Her farthest verge , and Chaos to retire As from her outmost works , a broken foe , With tumult less and ...
Page 89
... light was good ; And light from darkness by the hemisphere Divided : light the Day , and darkness Night , He named . Thus was the first day even and morn : Nor passed uncelebrated , nor unsung By the celestial choirs , when orient light ...
... light was good ; And light from darkness by the hemisphere Divided : light the Day , and darkness Night , He named . Thus was the first day even and morn : Nor passed uncelebrated , nor unsung By the celestial choirs , when orient light ...
Page 119
... Light , the prime work of God , to me is extinct , And all her various objects of delight Annulled , which might in part my grief have eased , Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or worm ; the vilest here excel me ; They creep ...
... Light , the prime work of God , to me is extinct , And all her various objects of delight Annulled , which might in part my grief have eased , Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or worm ; the vilest here excel me ; They creep ...
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