 I HAD a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless and pathless ; and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air.  The Poetry and Mystery of Dreams - Page 88edited by - 1856 - 258 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Russell - 1855 - 310 pages
...Suppressed" force : "Median stress:" "Lowest pitch:" Prevalent "monotone:" Extremely long pauses.) " I had a dream which was not all a dream. The bright sun was.extinguished; and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless; and... | |
 | Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...neglectful of his dead, Desparingly and sullen, in the night, Santa Anna fled. ALBERT PIKE. 15. DARKNESS. I HAD a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright...; Morn came, and went — and came, and brought no ilay ; And men forgot their passions, in the dread Of this their desolation ; and all hearts Were chilled... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 pages
...moon nor stars display, Through the dark shade, one guiding ray To show the perils of the way. 452. I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless and pathless ; and the... | |
 | William Cecil Duncan - Baptists - 1856 - 360 pages
...into outer darkness !" And what a darkness ! The bright sun shall be extinguished ; the stars will " wander darkling in the eternal space, rayless and pathless;" and " the icy earth" will swing "blind and blackening in the moonless air." Morn will come, and go; and come, and bring... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Ridgefield (Conn. : Town) - 1856 - 592 pages
...stupendous blunder! Thus seemed the universe; thus seemed man, without God — without religion. " I had a dream, which was not all a dream — The bright BUU was extingnish'd, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless and pathless,... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...hear : A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell The Devil below was ringing his knell. DARKNESS. BY BYRON. I HAD a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright...•swung blind and blackening in the moonless air ; ilorn came and went — and came and brought no day, Ind men forgot their passions in the dread Jf... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1857 - 350 pages
...supped full with horrors. Direness. familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me. 3. I had a dream, which was not all a dream : The bright...earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air. $. Ah! Gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a sev ret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation... | |
 | Universities and colleges - 1857 - 818 pages
...wandering star, \ to which was reserved the blackness of darkness forever. To them Byron's dream was indeed not all a dream — " The bright sun was extinguished,...earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air." There were thousands who would scarcely have started to have heard the blast of the last trump, so... | |
 | Perkins School for the Blind - Blind - 1857 - 526 pages
...darkness, when • the bright sun was extinguished, And the stars did wander through the eternal spnco Rayless and pathless ; and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air," shows that all the dreadful effects came not from lack of light, but lack of heat; and that upon the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...my soul from out that shadow, that lies floating on the floor, CXLIII. — DARKNESS. FBOM BYEO.V. 1. I HAD a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was + extinguish'd, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, •Hlayless and pathless, and... | |
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