Quote#Nature
The dews of summer night did fall
Quote byWilliam Julius Mickle · 1734–1788
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Cumnor Hall (1784), Stanza 1, quoted in Walter Scott's Kenilworth (1821), Ch. 6. Compare: "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", Eras.
English (original)
The dews of summer night did fall; The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall And many an oak that grew thereby.
— William Julius Mickle
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