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" 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 Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper - Page 319
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The English Reader

Lindley Murray - 1828 - 252 pages
...sober liv'ry, all things clad. SECTION V. i their nests, 11 ^~i ~i~ """ '•"'" "c"^ 1 "! itingale . , all night long, her am'rous descant sung. Silence...led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon , llising in clouded majesty , at length, Apparent queen , unveil d her peerless light, And o'er the...
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Murray's English Reader

Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 pages
...Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, - They to their grassy couch, tiiese to their nests Wore slunk ; all but" the wakeful nightingale. She all...led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Kising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless HgUt, And o'er the dark...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author

John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...couch, these to their nests, Were slunk; all hut the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; -Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the...sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode hrightest; till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unvetl'd her peerless...
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Conversations on Natural Philosophy: In which the Elements of that Science ...

Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1829 - 312 pages
...couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd ; now glow'd the...With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry hest, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her...
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A Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals: Interspersed with ...

1829 - 494 pages
...few of these we cannot resist giving : -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. MILTON. And in the violet-embroider'd vale, Where the love-lorn...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: From the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - 1829 - 216 pages
...bilence accompanied ; for beast and bird, 1 hey to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were sunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale. She, all night long, her am'rous descant sung; bilence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament . With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verses; Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 pages
...accompanied* ; for beast* and bird', They to their grassy couch*, these to their nests', Were sunk* ; all but the wakeful nightingale\ She', all night long',...living sapphires* : Hesperus', that led The starry hosf , rode brightesf , till the moon', Rising in clouded majesty', at length', Apparent queen', unveil'd...
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...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 glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus,...
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Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of ..., Volume 149

James Bolton - 1830 - 382 pages
...of evening. " 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." 29 " Why sleep'st thou Eve ? now is the pleasant time, The cool, the silent,...
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Paradise lost, a poem

John Milton - 1831 - 290 pages
...all hut the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode hrightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless...
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