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... Le Paradis perdu de Milton - Page 142by John Milton - 1857 - 448 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...starry host, rode brighest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle...hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest 611 Mind us of like repose, since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night, to men Successive;... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...host, rode brightest, till the Moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle...threw. When Adam thus to Eve: Fair Consort, th' hour 610 Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose, since God hath set Labour... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...starry host, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle...hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest 6 1 1 Mind us of like repose, since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night, to men Successive... | |
| Anna Seward - Physicians - 1804 - 352 pages
...consecrates all the moon-light scenery in Milton. It is never more. charming than in the following instance : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus,...brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, o'er all Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Since... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs j 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. EVE describes /zerHAPPiNEss... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd : now glbw'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that...starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouHed majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle...Fair Consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest 611 Mind us of like repose, since God hath set Labor and rest, as day and night to... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light. And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. " Fair... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd: Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...long her am'rous descant sung : , Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living saphires : 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. When Adam thus to Eve : "Fair... | |
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