 | John Milton, Alex Monfries - 1867 - 120 pages
...song. Milton frequently uses the word in its primary sense, as — ' Charmed with Arcadian pipe.' ' Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds. ' (a) Horrid, — Lat. horridus — 1. standing out, bristling; 2. inspiring horror. 'Turning our tortures... | |
 | John T. Watson - Quotations - 1869 - 524 pages
...Twilight, short arbiter 'twist day and night. MILTON'S Paradise last. 11 3 DAY - MORNING - NIGHT, iu>. Sweet is the breath of morn ; her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds. MILTON'S Paradise Lost. Thn sun hnd long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap ; And, like... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...Now morn her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl. MILTON. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest bird. MILTON. Thus pass'd the night so foul, till morning fair Came forth with pilgrim steps in amice... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 412 pages
...thoughts into the bosom of God. The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day."— Beecher. " Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet with charm of earliest birds." — Milton. b Vawjhan. the altar, etc., sprinkled •with blood a Ex. xii. 23. b Josh. xxiv. 24. с... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Mythology, Classical - 1877 - 582 pages
...il flume e gli arboscelli, E con 1' onda scherzar 1" aura e co' fiori.- — Tasso, Ger. Lib. vii. 5. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds.— Milton, Par. Lost, iv. 640. The poets of the Spanish peninsula, who are so distinguished for their... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...Now morn her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl. MILTON. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest bird. MILTON. Thus pass'd the night so foul, till morning fair Came forth with pilgrim steps in amice... | |
 | Georgina Frederica Jackson - English language - 1879 - 644 pages
...of all the morning birds. ' 'Ow the birds bin singin' this mornin' ; the coppy's all on a charm.' ' Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds . . .' Paradise Lost, Bk. iv. 1. 641. ' I cherme as byrdes do whan they make a noyse a great nomber... | |
 | Georgina Frederica Jackson - English language - 1879 - 648 pages
...of all the morning birds. ' 'Ow tho birds bin singin' this mornin' ; the coppy's all on a charm.' ' Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds . . . ' Paradise Lost, Bk. iv. 1. 641. ' I cherme as byrdes do whan they make a noyse a great nomber... | |
 | John R. Wise - Historic sites - 1880 - 364 pages
...to have been used in the sense of music and song by our Elizabethan poets, and by Milton. Thus:— " Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet With charm of earliest birds." (Paradise Lost, Book iv. 642.) And again:— " Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds."... | |
 | Anglican Communion - 1880 - 488 pages
...OR, SONG OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. T HE Magnificat is the first voice of joy before the sun-rise. Sweet is the breath of Morn ; her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds. And as it is in Nature so it was with the breaking of the day of grace. It dawned on the world which... | |
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With thee conversing, I forget all time ; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds... 
