Oxford local examinations Author:James Thomson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: All nature reels: till Nature's King, who oft Amid tempestuous darkness dwells alone, And on the wings of the careering wind Walks dreadfully serene... more », commands a calm; 200 Then straight air, sea, and earth, are hushed at once. As yet 'tis midnight deep. The weary clouds, Slow-meeting, mingle into solid gloom. Now, while the drowsy world lies lost in sleep, Let me associate with the serious night, 205 And contemplation her sedate compeer; Let me shake off the intrusive cares of day, Line 197. -- King is the nominative to the verb commands, line 200. Line 198. -- " Clouds and darkness are round about him." -- Ps. xcyii. 2. And Milton says: " How oft amidst Thick clouds and dark doth heaven's all-ruling Sire Choose to reside, (his glory unobscured) And with the majesty of darkness round Covers his throne." -- Par. Lost, Line 199. -- " Who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind." -- Ps. civ. 3. Line 202. -- As and yet are both adverbs. Linf 204. -- While .... sleep. An adverbial sentence of time to let me associate. Adverbial sentences of time are introduced by the relative adverbs of time, when, while, whenever; and the conjunctions of time, after, since, before,« less