Quote#Nature
As when around the clear bright moon, the stars
Quote byWilliam Cowper · 1731–1800
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Translations, The Iliad of Homer: translated into English blank verse (1791) bk. 8, l. 643.
English (original)
As when around the clear bright moon, the stars Shine in full splendor, and the winds are hush'd, The groves, the mountain-tops, the headland-heights Stand all apparent, not a vapor streaks The boundless blue, but ether open'd wide All glitters, and the shepherd's heart is cheer'd.
— William Cowper
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