 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...  The Englishman's fire-side - Page 426Full view - About this book
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 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, till the moon, Rising in cloudless majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - Europe - 1818 - 330 pages
...now glowed the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus lh.at led The starry host rodeybrightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty at length,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. FronvVermanton we proceeded by Maison Neuve -> • to Dijon. At Maison Neuve we^dined, or rather tried... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1818 - 374 pages
...long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glowed the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest,...clouded majesty at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd tier peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. From Vermanton we proceeded by Maison... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - Europe - 1819 - 370 pages
...long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glowed the firmament With living saphires : Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." From Vermanton we proceeded by Maison Neu vc to Dijon. At Maison Neuve we dined, or rather 'tried to... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glovv'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 retir'd to rest, Mind... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 490 pages
...With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led 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, the hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...her amorous:descant sung : xi Silence wns pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest...length, ' Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, Ami o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thns to Eve. Fair consort, th' hour Of night,... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 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...clouded majesty at length. Apparent queen unveil'd her peertess light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair consort, th'... | |
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