 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
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 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...Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveii'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 490 pages
...given us a fine description of her, under this title : -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 *." ; Again : " The sun was... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...long her amorous deseant sung ; Silenee was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires ; 8 elouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - Folklore - 1825 - 396 pages
...and that he should be walking all the night ; so he sat down under the moat to rest himself, and " Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent Queen, unveil'd her peerless light, O'er the dark heaven her silver mantle threw, And in her pale dominion check'd the night." Presently... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Thomas P. Jones - Physics - 1826 - 286 pages
...long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas 'd; 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. The planet next to Venus is the Earth, of which we shall soon speak at full length. At present I shall... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 286 pages
...her 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 relir'd to rest, Mind... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1826 - 318 pages
...sung ; Silence was pleased : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led COS 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, the hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest, 611 Mind... | |
 | Lindley Murray, John Walker - Children - 1826 - 314 pages
...long. her am'rous descant sung: Silence was pleas'd. Now giow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silrer mantle threw. . . Wh.'ti Adam thus to Eve : " Fair consort, th' boor Of night, and all things... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - Fairy tales - 1826 - 366 pages
...sat down under the moat to rest himself, and began looking mournfully enough upon the moon, which " Rising in clouded majesty, at length, .Apparent Queen^...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." Presently there rose a wild strain of unearthly melody upon the ear of little Lusmore ; he listened,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...VVith living sapphires : Hesperus, that led Ihe starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Wising m clouded majesty, at length. Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver-mantle threw. of • "L am thns to Eve : " Fair consort, th' tour 01 : night, and all things... | |
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