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

—  Edward Young , Night-Thoughts

Source: Night-Thoughts (1742–1745), Night I, Line 18.

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