 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...  Paradis perdu: de Milton - Page 280by John Milton - 1837Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long he* am'rous descant sung: Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament ' With living sapphires:...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: "... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...She all oight long; her aii'roua descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament Wnli living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host,...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... | |
 | 1847 - 648 pages
...descant sung ; Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus first that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent Queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." MILTON. The MOON rises on... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...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 pteas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...: — Silence accompanied ; for beast 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 sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rose... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, "Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, A ml o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve : Fair... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nest Were sunk, 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 brightest... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 pages
...Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were sunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long...Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveilM her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. j' THE DELUGE. I.(THE wickedness... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...although to rest Is almost wronging such a night as this. Ibid. Now glow'd the firmament With livid sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'dner peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 4.... | |
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