 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
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd : now glbw'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The 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
...descant sung; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs : Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon Rising...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 retired to rest 611 Mind... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 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,...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 retired to rest, Mind... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 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, the hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...the firmament With livid saphires : Hcspcru?, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moou Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Faic Consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest Mind us... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pages
...amorous descant sung; " ' Silence Silence was pleas'd : now glov/d tte 'firmament With living sapphire; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent {{Ween uriveiFd hef'pee'rless light And o'er the dstrk' her silver marifle threw. MILTON, O» Milton.... | |
 | Joseph Harpur - 1810 - 314 pages
...spontaneous action to things inanimate, the following description is a beautiful example: * See Chap. 2. The moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, Aud o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. — PL 4. 606. • Here it is obvious that the words " majesty"... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 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, the hour Of eight, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind... | |
 | Elizabeth Isabella Spence - 1811 - 268 pages
...nightingales innumerable, and •• — The moori. Rising in cloudless majesty, at length, A parent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." 89 Who is there, possessed of a reflecting mind, that can possibly contemplate the beautiful works... | |
 | Janus (Secundus) - 1812 - 222 pages
...Eclogue to Mr. Juhnson. Milton too has a similar expression, in these beautifully descriptive lines : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. ^^ «. See, in.her hand An ebon wand, How his lov'd sister guides * Her silver car, Sweet wanderer!... | |
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