Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied, for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant* sung; Silence was pleased: now... Littell's Living Age - 139. oldal1849Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 oldal
...sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve: Fair... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 oldal
...sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With livid sapphires : Hesperus, that led 605; The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. WHEN Adam thus to Eve. Fair... | |
| Anna Seward - 1804 - 354 oldal
...never more. charming than in the following instance : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, o'er all Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Since... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 806 oldal
...SUPR ; Silence was pleis'd ; now ^low'd the fírniAraent With living sapphirs : H -js penis, that Jed The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon •Rising...length Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light, AoU o'er the dark lier silver mantle threw. MILTON. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night ! O'er... | |
| 1806 - 408 oldal
...long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs j Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. EVE describes /zerHAPPiNEss... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 oldal
...long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd : now glbw'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouHed majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 oldal
...descant sung; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs : Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair... | |
| Robert Hutchinson Rose - 1810 - 208 oldal
...shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hum Hath rung night's yawning peal. Casts her light mantled] • The moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Par. Lost. This is finely in opposition to SHAKSPEARE'S " blanket of the dark," which the lady is unwilling... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 oldal
...long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd: Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair... | |
| John Sabine - 1810 - 312 oldal
...long her amorous descant sung; " ' Silence Silence was pleas'd : now glov/d tte 'firmament With living sapphire; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode...moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent {{Ween uriveiFd hef'pee'rless light And o'er the dstrk' her silver marifle threw. MILTON, O» Milton.... | |
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