 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pagina’s
...clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She...night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With livid sapphires : Hesperus, that led 605; The starry host,... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1804 - 352 pagina’s
...moon-light scenery in Milton. It is never more. charming than in the following instance : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that...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... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 pagina’s
...SUPR ; Silence was pleis'd ; now ^low'd the fírniAraent With living sapphirs : H -js penis, that Jed The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon •Rising...length Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light, AoU o'er the dark lier silver mantle threw. MILTON. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night ! O'er... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pagina’s
...clad : Silence accompanied ; for bea*t and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale ; She...night 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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pagina’s
...clad; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, 600 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 pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs : Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host, rode... | |
 | Robert Hutchinson Rose - 1810 - 208 pagina’s
...shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hum Hath rung night's yawning peal. Casts her light mantled] • The moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Par. Lost. This is finely in opposition to SHAKSPEARE'S " blanket of the dark," which the lady is unwilling... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pagina’s
...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 pleas'd: Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode... | |
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Now came still evening on, and twilight gray 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... 
