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" Queen and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining... "
The Laureates of England, from Ben Jonson to Alfred Tennyson - Page 15
edited by - 1895 - 459 pages
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A Compendium of English Literautre: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...ye'll not abide him. Since ye hear his falser play, And that he's Venus' run-away. HYMN TO CYNTHIA. Queen and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is...light, Goddess, excellently bright Earth, let not thy en%-ious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear, when day did...
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Poetry of the Age of Fable

1863 - 326 pages
...keen, a deadly store ; A silver crescent on her forehead shone. DRYDEN. ••titi" HYMN TO CYNTHIA. QUEEN and huntress ! chaste and fair ! Now the sun...Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess, excellently bright ! Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal shining quiver, Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe,...
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The Boy's Yearly Book

1863 - 348 pages
...patroness of the chase, and delighted in bunting. In " Cynthia's revels " Ben Jonson addresses her : — " Queen and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is...silver chair State in wonted manner keep. Hesperus desires thy light, Goddess excellently bright." The dark spots on the moon's face must have been noticed...
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Foliorum silvula, selections for translation into Latin and Greek ..., Volume 1

Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pages
...domestic care : for one bright Nymph our youth contends, and on your prudent choice depends. E. WALLER 267 HYMN TO DIANA QUEEN and Huntress, chaste and fair,...excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart and thy crystal-shining quiver: give unto the flying hart space to breathe, how short soever: thou that makest...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...ye'll not abide him. Since ye hear his falser play, And that he's Venus' run-away. HYMN TO CYNTHIA. Queen and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is...shining orb was made Heaven to clear, when day did cjose Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess, excellently bright Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And...
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"Under Green Leaves.": A Book of Rural Poems

Richard Henry Stoddard - 1865 - 120 pages
...roundelay; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. Alfred Tennyson TO OYXTIIIA. QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is...itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Bless us, then, with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright! Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy...
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Chambers's readings in English poetry

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...the moon. She was called Cynthia from Mount Cynthus, in the isle of Delos, ihe place of her birth.] Queen and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is...silver chair, State in wonted manner keep. Hesperus 1 entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright ! Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to...
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Spring-time with the poets, poetry selected and arranged by F. Martin

Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. G. Herbert. civ. SONG OF HESPERUS. u UEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid...excellently bright ! Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal-shining quiver : Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe how short soever ; Thou that mak'st...
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Festival of Song: A Series of Evenings with the Poets

Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pages
...classic lyre is beautifully illustrated. It is supposed to be derived from Philostratus : — (_)ueen and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid...excellently bright ! Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal shining quiver ; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe, how short soever ; Thou that mak'st...
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Gems of Literature, Elegant, Rare, and Suggestive ...

Gems - 1866 - 168 pages
...(Jl'ttsOII.) OUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, ^__, Now the sun is laid to sleep ; Seated in the silver chair, State in wonted manner keep. Hesperus...excellently bright ! Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal-shining quiver ; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe how short soever, Thou that makest...
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