 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.  La Belle Assemblée - Pagina 341810Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John William Donaldson - 1838 - 140 pagina’s
...subject, which will serve as an apposite introduction: Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their ifcst, Were slunk: all save the tuneful nightingale; She all night long her amorous... | |
 | Jane Marcet - 1839 - 544 pagina’s
...Do you recollect those beautiful lines of Milton ? Now came still evening on, and twilight grey 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... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1840 - 448 pagina’s
...CHANGES OF THE INSECT WORLD IN TROPICAL CLIMATES. 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 pagina’s
...gold, The clouds that on his western throne attend. 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,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pagina’s
...gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still Evening on, and Twilight grey Had blest? who chain'd his country, say Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? " But som theif grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pagina’s
...gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still Evening on, and Twilight grey Had d, As one great furnace flam'd ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible Serv'd couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale , She all night long her amorous... | |
 | 1843 - 350 pagina’s
...chief Of all his works. Milton. EVENING IN PARADISE. 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 beauteous... | |
 | 1843 - 184 pagina’s
...woods as it was wont. BKYANT, WHY SHINE THE STARS? Now came still evening on, and twilight grey 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pagina’s
...gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. 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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pagina’s
...gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came stilt Evening on, and Twilight grey Had e The works of man. Drooping, the laborer-ox Stonds couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous... | |
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