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... On the Structure of English Verse - Page 141by Charles Witcomb - 1884 - 162 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 pages
...wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires — Hesperus,...Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveilM her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. j' THE DELUGE. I.(THE wickedness... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...although to rest Is almost wronging such a night as this. Ibid. Now glow'd the firmament With livid sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'dner peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 4.... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led 605 The 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 threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1824 - 308 pages
...the wakeful nightingale, She all mght long her am'rous descaot sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that...led The starry host rode brightest, till the moon, Kising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...pleas'd • now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that led 605 The starry nost, rode brightest ; till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unvtil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve : " Fair... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...wakeful nightingale : She all night long her plaintive descant sung. Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that...Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light ; And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.— —MILTON Night, sable... | |
| Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 490 pages
...or the evening star. Milton has given us a fine description of her, under this title : -Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that...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... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 pages
...wakeful nightingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that...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... | |
| George G. Carey - 1825 - 274 pages
...Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With livid sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode...Rising in clouded majesty, at length, , Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. MILTON. Venus is computed to... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous deseant sung ; Silenee was pleas'd : now glow'd -O& x elouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver... | |
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