 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...  The Republic - Page 1251851Full view - About this book
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...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, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...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 Consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest 611 Mind... | |
 | John Parkhurst - 1809 - 890 pages
...the starry train emblaze the sphere. POPE. So Milton, in his description of the evening. -Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest. Par. Lost, b. iv. lin. 604—6. 'Efijxcu, either from sYr/xa perf. of I'rij^i to . stand, or from Heb.... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd: Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that...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... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...livid saphires : Hcspcru?, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moou 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. Faic Consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest Mind us... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...long her am'rous descant sung : , Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living saphires : Hesperus, that led 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... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pages
...amorous descant sung; " ' Silence Silence was pleas'd : now glov/d tte 'firmament With living sapphire; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent {{Ween uriveiFd hef'pee'rless light And o'er the dstrk' her silver... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...wakeful nightingale. She all. night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Isabella Spence - 1811 - 268 pages
...nightingales innumerable, and •• — The moori. Rising in cloudless majesty, at length, A parent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." 89 Who is there, possessed of a reflecting mind, that can possibly contemplate the beautiful works... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 pages
...wakeful nightingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the- firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that...starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd ht-r peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver... | |
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