 | John Wilson - 1842 - 430 pages
...grandeur that was to follow. But, when I turned to the page whence the line was taken, and read, — ' Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous...strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman,' the whole tone of my feelings seemed lowered, and the same sort of jarring sensation was produced in... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 416 pages
...of all Creator and Defence." Why not of Him who, &c. But, " The sky is changed I and such a change I Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous...strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman." Who does not feel the shock of the step or fall from the sublime into the ridiculous in this illustration... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 416 pages
...grandeur that was to follow. But, when I turned to the page whence the line was taken, and read,— And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet...strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman,' ' Oh night, the whole tone of my feelings seemed lowered, and the same sort of jarring sensation was... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 362 pages
...deception—by a single blow that jars all the nerves in our body— "Oh! night, And storm and darkness, yet are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength as is the light Of a dark eye in woman!!!" There are some fine and noble things in these same stanzas, but mixed with baser matter, and that,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1842 - 352 pages
...heart I could but keep Holy to Heaven, a spot thus pure, and still, and deep ! THE SONG OF NIGHT.1 "O night, And storm and darkness ! ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength ! " BYRON. I COME to thee, O Earth ! With all my gifts! — for every flower sweet dew In bell, and... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1842 - 350 pages
...heart I could but keep Holy to Heaven, a spot thus pure, and still, and deep ! THE SONG OF NIGHT.1 "O night, And storm and darkness! ye Are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength!" BYRON. I COME to thee, O Earth ! With all my gifts! — for every flower sweet dew In hell, and urn,... | |
 | Ralph Willard Allen - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 240 pages
...these peaks are covered with eternal snows, and below them is often seen to burst the storm, while " Far along From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder," which is heard a great distance beneath the traveller's feet. These peaks stand, for the most part... | |
 | William Adam - Derbyshire (England) - 1843 - 490 pages
...an accurate idea of the grandeur of such a storm amidst such solitudes : " Thy sky is changed ! And such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness,...are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, Far along From Peak to Peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...A STORM AT NIGHT AMID THE ALPS. The sky is chang'd! — and such a change! Oh night And storm, anil darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is Ihe light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - Marriage - 1843 - 554 pages
...rirrle npremln, "bike a rmind nrean girded with the sky. " How beautiful is nicht !" — HOUTHBY. " From peak to peak the rattling crags among, " Leaps the live thunder !" t And first one universal uliriek there rush'd, " Louder than the loud ocean, like a crush ;Ofechriinß... | |
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Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder... 
