 Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray 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...  FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS - 233. oldalszerző: JOHN BARTLETT - 1919Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Janus (Secundus) - 1812 - 222 oldal
...Eclogue to Mr. Juhnson. Milton too has a similar expression, in these beautifully descriptive lines : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. ^^ «. See, in.her hand An ebon wand, How his lov'd sister guides * Her silver car, Sweet wanderer!... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 oldal
...still ev'ning on, and twilight gray Had in her sober liv'ry all things clad. Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these...but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the- firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 oldal
...twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied ; for beast anil bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were...firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Uising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 oldal
...their nest Were sunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sungf : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair consort th' hour Gf night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us... | |
 | 1840 - 876 oldal
...the skies," who acknowledge her precedence, and give place to her glory as she moves among them. " Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." No. CCXCVII. voL. XLVIII. In other moods the poet or the lover sees in her pale loveliness, not the... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 oldal
...wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glowM the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair consort th' hour Of night, and all -things now retir'd to rest, Mind us... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 oldal
...still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these...wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous deseant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glowed the firmament With living sapphirs: Hesperus, that... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1818 - 374 oldal
...wakeful nightingale , She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glowed the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus that...clouded majesty at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd tier peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. From Vermanton we proceeded by Maison... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 oldal
...came still evening on, and Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad, Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these...led The starry host, rode brightest,- till the Moon, Kising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 oldal
...still evening on, and Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad, Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these...her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glovv'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till... | |
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