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 | John Milton - 1884 - 74 pages
...long outside of it, till be saw the sun, and learnt there of Uriel where the earth was. " It lies in Heaven across the flood Of ether, as a bridge. Beneath, the tides of day and night With flame and darkness ridge The void, as low as where this earth Spins like a fretful midge." — ROSSETTI. A HISTORY... | |
 | English poetry - 1885 - 686 pages
...which is space begun ; So high, that looking downward thence She scarce could see the sun. It lies in heaven, across the flood Of ether, as a bridge. Beneath, the tides of day and night With flame and darkness ridge The void, as low as where this earth Spins like a fretful midge. Heard hardly, some... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - English poetry - 1885 - 702 pages
...across the flood Of ether, as a bridge. Beneath, the tides of day and night With flame and darkness ridge The void, as low as where this earth Spins like a fretful midge. Heard hardly, some of her new friends Amid their loving games Spake evermore among themselves Their... | |
 | Dante Gabriel Rossetti - 1886 - 626 pages
...which is Space begun ; So high, that looking downward thence She scarce could see the sun. It lies in Heaven, across the flood Of ether, as a bridge. Beneath, the tides of day and night With flame and darkness ridge The void, as low as where this earth Spins like a fretful midge. Around her, lovers,... | |
 | Charles Frederick Johnson - 1886 - 268 pages
...high, that looking downward thence She scarce could see the sun. It lies in Heaven, across thejlood Of ether as a bridge. Beneath, the tides of day and night With flame and darkness ridge The void, as low as where this earth Spins like a fretful midge." There is a certain... | |
 | Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Blind tooled bindings - 1886 - 588 pages
...across the flood Of ether, as a bridge. Beneath, the tides of day and night With flame and darkness ridge The void, as low as where this earth Spins like a fretful midge. Around her, lovers, newly met /r~ 'Mid deathless love's acclaims, Spoke evermore among themselves Their... | |
 | Dante Gabriel Rossetti - 1887 - 338 pages
...which is Space begun; So high, that looking downward thence She scarce could see the sun. It lies in Heaven, across the flood Of ether, as a bridge. Beneath, the tides of day and night With flame and darkness ridge The void, as low as where this earth Spins like a fretful midge. Around her, lovers,... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - Literature - 1888 - 420 pages
...looking downward thence. She scarce could see the sun. It lies in heaven, across the flood Of ether like a bridge, Beneath the tides of day and night, With flame and darkness ridge, The vni 1. пя low as where this eiirtli Spins like a fretful midge. Heard hardly... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 pages
...which is space begun; So high, that looking downward thence She scarce could see the sun. It lies in heaven, across the flood Of ether as a bridge. Beneath, the tides of day and night With flame and darkness ridge The void, as low as where this earth Spins like a fretful midge. Heard hardly, some... | |
 | William James Dawson - English poetry - 1890 - 396 pages
...of imagery : the description of God's house — It lies in Heaven, across the flood Of ether, like a bridge. Beneath the tides of day and night With flame and darkness ridge The void, as low as where this earth Spins like a fretful midge : and the description... | |
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