 When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening  A manual of English prosody - Page 61by Robert Frederick Brewer - 1869Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pages
...God ordains. 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...spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flow'r Glist'ring with dew : fragrant the fertile earth Afler soft show'rs; and sweet the coming on... | |
 | W. JILLARD HORT - 1822 - 156 pages
...and old age, which is spent in that manner, must be the best and happiest life. MORN, EVENING, NIGHT. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest bird; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams on herb, tree,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 410 pages
...charming : "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...Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth. After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; the silent night, With this her solemn... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...charming : " 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...Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; the silent night, With this her solemn... | |
 | 1823 - 442 pages
...charming : " 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...Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft Bhowers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; the silent night, With this her solemn... | |
 | Anne Ferry - 1983 - 207 pages
...use of "orient" occurs in Eve's beautiful love lyric which the narrator reports to us. She praises the sun "When first on this delightful Land he spreads/ His orient Beams" (IV, 643-644). To make us feel the full force of the word, with its multiple meanings, Milton surrounds... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pages
...sixteen lines certain techniques of repetition and reversal that are reminiscent of the Ovidian style: Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With...spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flour, Glistring with dew; fragrant the fertil earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...635-638) FaBV 76 With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and their change, all please alike. ill of Heav'n; All is, if I have grace to use it so,...LiTB; NAEL-1; NAs; PoE; SeCePo; Son // Penseroso 15 Glistring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful... | |
 | Diane Kelsey McColley - 1993 - 336 pages
...conversing I forget all time, All seasons and thir change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of mom, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest Birds; pleasant...spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flow'r, Glist'ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on... | |
 | Jerry Minnich - 1995 - 340 pages
...difficult as choosing the most perfect flower in the world. But who can resist John Milton's tribute? Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With...His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful... | |
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