 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
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...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',...light' , And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw*. When Adam thus to Eve* : " Fair consort', th' hour Of night', and all things nowretir'd to rest', Mind... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English literature - 1827 - 276 pages
...long 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. When Adam thus to Eve : " Fair consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1827 - 494 pages
...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. THE DELUGE. 1. THE wickedness of mankind had rapidly increased Were they permitted to remain in Paradise... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd; now glow'd the firmament With vivid sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. — Milton. GAY. WHO RIGHTLY CALLED. Whom call we gay] That honour has been long The boast of mere... | |
 | First steps - Astronomy - 1828 - 456 pages
...Lucifer, or Phosphorus. ELIZABETH. Then it is Venus that Milton speaks of when he mentions Hesperus : " Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." MOTHER. The light of Venus is of a white colour, and is so strong that she sometimes, it is said, casts... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Authors, English - 1828 - 492 pages
...her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd. — Now glow'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 silent mantle threw. Milton. Par. Lost. Book IV. v. 605. Night is fair virtue's immemorial friend :... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1828 - 262 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...Rising in clouded majesty , at length , Apparent queen , unveil d her peerless light , And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw . 3. When Adam thus to Eve... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 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? hous Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Astronomy - 1829 - 312 pages
...Silence was pleas'd ; now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry hest, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. so that water there would be carried off in the shape of steam, for by experiments with the thermometer,... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1829 - 278 pages
...: after conjunction they are turned to the west. How beautifully is the moon described by Milton : -till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length,...Apparent Queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er^ the night her silver mantle threw. Book ir. line 606. - Charles. I see the figure is intended to show that... | |
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