
„Now had Aurora displayed her mantle over the blushing skies, and dark night withdrawn her sable veil.“
— Miguel de Cervantes Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright 1547 - 1616
Zdroj: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 6.
Zdroj: Night-Thoughts (1742–1745), Night I, Line 18.
— Miguel de Cervantes Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright 1547 - 1616
Zdroj: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 6.
— John Quincy Adams American politician, 6th president of the United States (in office from 1825 to 1829) 1767 - 1848
The Wants of Man, stanza 22 (25 September 1841)
Kontext: I want the seals of power and place,
The ensigns of command,
Charged by the people's unbought grace,
To rule my native land.
Nor crown, nor scepter would I ask
But from my country's will,
By day, by night, to ply the task
Her cup of bliss to fill.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow American poet 1807 - 1882
Hymn to the Night, st. 1 (1839).
— Cate Tiernan American novelist 1961
Zdroj: Full Circle
— Thomas Campbell British writer 1777 - 1844
Theodric : A Domestic Tale; and Other Poems (1825), To the Rainbow
— John Fante, kniha Ask the Dust
Ask the Dust (1939)
— Percy Bysshe Shelley English Romantic poet 1792 - 1822
Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude (1816)
— John Ruskin English writer and art critic 1819 - 1900
Zdroj: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 122.
— Edmund Sears American minister 1810 - 1876
Christmas Song, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
— Walter de la Mare English poet and fiction writer 1873 - 1956
Silver.
— Alfred Noyes English poet 1880 - 1958
Dedication, later published as " A Prayer in Time of War http://www.poetseers.org/poets/alfred_noyes/a_prayer_in_time_of_war/"
A Belgian Christmas Eve (1915)
Kontext: p>Thou whose deep ways are in the sea,
Whose footsteps are not known,
To-night a world that turned from Thee
Is waiting — at Thy Throne.The towering Babels that we raised
Where scoffing sophists brawl,
The little Antichrists we praised —
The night is on them all.</p
— Mary I of England Queen of England and Ireland 1516 - 1558
Proclamation concerning Religion (1553-08-18).
— Ilia Chavchavadze Georgian poet and politician; a saint of Georgian Orthodox Church 1837 - 1907
Elegy, p. 60
Anthology of Georgian Poetry (1948)
— Washington Irving, kniha The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
"The Broken Heart".
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819–1820)
— Joel Barlow American diplomat 1754 - 1812
The Conspiracy of Kings (1792)
Kontext: Lords of themselves and leaders of mankind. On equal rights their base of empire lies,
On walls of wisdom see the structure rise;
Wide o'er the gazing world it towers sublime,
A modell'd form for each surrounding clime.
To useful toils they bend their noblest aim,
Make patriot views and moral views the same,
Renounce the wish of war, bid conquest cease,
Invite all men to happiness and peace,
To faith and justice rear the youthful race,
Till Truth's blest banners, o'er the regions hurl'd,
Shake tyrants from their thrones, and cheer the waking world.
— Alexei Maxim Russell Canadian writer 1976
from Forgotten Lore - Volume II.
— Dennis Kucinich Ohio politician 1946
Speech, Cleveland City Council (13 October 2003)
— John Milton English epic poet 1608 - 1674
The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce (1643), Introduction