| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 4576 |
| AUTHOR: | W. J. Mickle (1734–1788) |
| QUOTATION: | The dews of summer nights did fall,
The moon, sweet regent of the sky, 1
Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall
And many an oak that grew thereby. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Cumnor Hall. |
| | Note 1.
Jove, thou regent of the skies.—Alexander Pope. The Odyssey, book ii. line 42.
Now Cynthia, named fair regent of the night.—John Gay: Trivia, book iii.
And hail their queen, fair regent of the night.—Darwin: The Botanic Garden, part i. canto ii. line 90. [back] |
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