 | George G. Carey - 1825 - 274 pagina’s
...things clad ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With livid sapphires : Hesperus, that led 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. MILTON. Venus is computed to... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1825 - 404 pagina’s
...descant sung ; Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires — Hesperus, that led 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. THE DELUGE. 1. THE wickedness... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 pagina’s
...descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led 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... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Thomas P. Jones - 1826 - 286 pagina’s
...descant sung ; Silence was pleas 'd; now glowed the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus that led 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. The planet next to Venus is... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 pagina’s
...descant sung : • Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led 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. 2 When Adam thus to Eve : "... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 318 pagina’s
...sung ; Silence was pleased : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led COS 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 Aikin - 1826 - 840 pagina’s
...descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon, Rising in clouded majcstv, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pagina’s
...descant sung* : Silence was pleas'd*. Now giow'd the firmament With living sapphires* : Hesperus', that led .The starry host", rode brightest', till the moon',...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* :... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 pagina’s
...amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd; now glow'd the firmament With vivid sapphires; Hesperus, that led 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. — Milton. GAY. WHO RIGHTLY... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1828 - 492 pagina’s
...descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd. — Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires, Hesperus that led 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 silent mantle threw. Milton. Par. Lost. Book IV.... | |
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... 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... 
