 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...  First Steps to Astronomy and Geography - Page 53by First steps - 1828 - 386 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...long her amorous descant sung. Silence was pteas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in cloudy majesty, at length, AppM<tt»t'<iueen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...pleas'd.' Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rose brightest ; till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, Cnveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark, her silver mantle threw. When Adam, first of men, thus... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 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,...length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, A ml o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve : Fair Consort, the hour Of night,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 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...moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent qnecn, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve.... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 698 pages
...pleased — now glows the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus, that leads The starry host, rides brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveils her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle throws." What can I add to this description... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd: now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires; its glittering skirts apOh wnssail days! O customs...well ! Ere this was banish'd from its lofty sphere : When Adam thus to Eve. Fair consort, the hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon Rising...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 611 Mind... | |
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