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Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Majesty
Goddess
Sable
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Sceptre
Night
Leaden
World
Slumbering
Stretches
Throne
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