 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 - Page 1391849Full view - About this book
 | Notes - 1834 - 264 pages
...long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased: 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. MILTON. v. 3, 4. See p. 2.... | |
 | Thomas Braidwood Wilson - 1835 - 396 pages
...twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad ; 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." We observed the smoke from... | |
 | Thomas Braidwood Wilson - 1835 - 388 pages
...twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad ; 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." We observed the smoke from... | |
 | Edward Wilson Landor - 1836 - 614 pages
...long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleased. Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." . Milton certainly is the noblest and greatest poet that any age or country has ever produced. I do... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : 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'dher peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve :— "... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pages
...long her amorous descant sung, Silence was pleased : 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. Par. Lest, iv. 598. 15 Now,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 414 pages
...long her amorous descant sung, Silence was pleased : 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. Pur. Lost, iv. 598. 15 Now,... | |
 | 1836 - 558 pages
...long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased ; now glowed the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded mnjosty, at length, Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 426 pages
...long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : 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'dher peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve :— "... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 526 pages
...long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : 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 : —... | |
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