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 - Seite 1411849Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 Seiten
...her am'rous 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. 2 When Adam thus to Eve : "... | |
| Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Thomas P. Jones - 1826 - 286 Seiten
...long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas 'd; now glowed 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. The planet next to Venus is... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - 318 Seiten
...sung ; Silence was pleased : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led COS 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 Aikin - 1826 - 840 Seiten
...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, till the Moon, Rising in clouded majcstv, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle... | |
| 1825 - 362 Seiten
...sat down under the moat to res: himself, and began looking mournfully enough upon the moon, which, " Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light, [threw, O'er the d&rk heaven her silver mantle And in her pale dominion checked the night." ' Presently... | |
| 1827 - 294 Seiten
...firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, 606 Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair Consort, the hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest, Mind us... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 Seiten
...her am'rous descant sung* : Silence was pleas'd*. Now giow'd the firmament With living sapphires* : Hesperus', that led .The starry host", rode brightest',...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* :... | |
| General reader - 1827 - 246 Seiten
...long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd; now glow'd the firmament With vivid 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. — Milton. GAY. WHO RIGHTLY... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 276 Seiten
...long her am'rous 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... | |
| Olinthus Gregory - 1828 - 492 Seiten
...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 silent mantle threw. Milton. Par. Lost. Book IV.... | |
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