| William Green (of Ambleside.) - Lake District (England) - 1819 - 616 pages
...and majestic circle oi shadow. " Til! the moon, Rising' in cloudy ma1esty, at length, Apparent quern, unveil'd her peerless light. And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." with a noble moon-light piece, delicately touched by the hand of nature, and far surpassing those humble... | |
| 492 pages
...kind is afforded to the saving poor man by the establishment of SAVINGS' BANKS. A MOONLIGHT SCENE. Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...peerless light And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. THERE are certain great and magnificent objects in the creation, the contemplation of which has a tendency... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...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...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 retir'd to rest, Mind us... | |
| John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...With livid sapphires ; Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host, rode brightest, til! the moon, Hifingin clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dnrk her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve " Fair Consort, th' lionr Of night, and all things... | |
| John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 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,...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 - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...am'rous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperas, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the...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 retir'd to rest, Mind... | |
| John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...With livid sapphires; Hesperus, that led G0S The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Kising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveil'd...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 retir'd to rest, Oil Mind... | |
| Elizabeth Chase - 1821 - 248 pages
...and all was one grave and majestic circle of shadow, -Rising in clouded majesty, at length A parent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When the long protracted shades the mountains cast on the bosom of the lake, showed the vastness of... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...long he* am'rous descant sung: Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament ' With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. 2. When Adam thus to Eve: " Fair consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind... | |
| 1847 - 648 pages
...descant sung ; Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus first that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." MILTON. The MOON rises on the 1st at half-past seven in the evening, and on the 3d at half-past nine... | |
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