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But we that have but span-long life, The thicker must lay on the pleasure; And since time will not stay, We'll add night to the day, Thus, thus we'll fill the measure. - Unattributed Author, Duet printed 1795, probably of earlier date Night is a stealthy, evil Raven, Wrapt to the eyes in his black wings. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Day and Night Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers. - Philip James Bailey Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage War with the lines of Darkness; and the moon, Pale ghost of Night, comes haunting the cold earth After the sun's red sea-death--quietless. - Philip James Bailey, Festus (sc. Garden and Bower by the Sea) I love night more than day--she is so lovely; But I love night the most because she brings My love to me in dreams which scarcely lie. - Philip James Bailey, Festus (sc. Water and Wood--Midnight) O mysterious Night! thou art not silent; many tongues halt thou. - Joanna Baillie Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars. - Mrs. Anna Letitia Barbauld Wan night, the shadow goer, came stepping in. - Beowulf III The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? - Bible, Isaiah (ch. XXI, v. 11) In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men. - Bible, Job (ch. IV, v. 13) I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. - Bible, John (ch. IX, v. 4) When it draws near to witching time of night. - Robert Blair, The Grave (l. 55) I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does. - Jorge Luis Borges The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done. - Francis William Bourdillon, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes Night is the Sabbath of mankind, To rest the body and the mind. - Samuel Butler (1) All is gentle; nought Stirs rudely; but congenial with the night, Whatever walks is gliding like a spirit. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron) In her starry shade of dim and solitary loveliness, I learn the language of another world. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron) The night shows stars and women in a better light. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron) Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber! - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Childe Harold (canto III, st. 93) For the night Shows stars and women in a better light. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Don Juan (canto II, st. 152) The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains--Beautiful! I linger yet with Nature, for the night Hath been to me a more familiar face Than that of man; and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness I learn'd the language of another world. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Manfred (act III, sc. 4) Night drew her sable curtain down, and pinned it with a star. - M'Donald Clarke ("The Mad Poet") The crackling embers on the hearth are dead; The indoor note of industry is still; The latch is fast; upon the window-sill The small birds wait not for their daily bread; The voiceless flowers--how quietly they shed Their nightly odours;--and the household rill Murmurs continuous dulcet sounds that fill The vacant expectation, and the dread Of listening night. - Hartley Coleridge Even lust and envy sleep. - John Dryden Night's black Mantle covers all alike. - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Divine Weekes and Workes--First Week--First Day (l. 562) Displaying page 1 of 5 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5
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