John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4576 W J Mikle 1734-1788 John Bartlett
| 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] |