 | Lindley Murray, John Walker - Children - 1826 - 314 pages
...am'rous descant sung: Silence was pleas'd. Now giow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the...unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silrer mantle threw. . . Wh.'ti Adam thus to Eve : " Fair consort, th' boor Of night, and all things... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - Fairy tales - 1826 - 366 pages
...sat down under the moat to rest himself, and began looking mournfully enough upon the moon, which " Rising in clouded majesty, at length, .Apparent Queen^...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." Presently there rose a wild strain of unearthly melody upon the ear of little Lusmore ; he listened,... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...mere attachment to the throne, Not to the man who fills it as he ought. Adam and Eve Conversing. " FAIR Consort, th* hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose, since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night to men ub 2 Cowper. Successive ; and the timely dew... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...VVith living sapphires : Hesperus, that led Ihe starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Wising m clouded majesty, at length. Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver-mantle threw. of • "L am thns to Eve : " Fair consort, th' tour 01 : night, and all things... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, e, and comeliness of side : l» ihort trunk-hose shall show thy foot and k majcstv, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...descant sung* : Silence was pleas'd*. Now giow'd the firmament With living sapphires* : Hesperus', that led .The starry host", rode brightest', till...Fair consort', th' hour Of night', and all things nowretir'd to rest', Mind us of like repose* ; since God hath set labour* and rest', as day* and night',... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1827 - 494 pages
...amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires — Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. THE DELUGE. 1. THE wickedness of mankind had rapidly increased Were they permitted to remain in Paradise... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...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...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. — Milton. GAY. WHO RIGHTLY CALLED. Whom call we gay] That honour has been long The boast of mere... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 308 pages
...at length; Apparent queen unveil'd her peer ess light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw 2. When Adam thus to Eve: " Fair consort, th> hour Of...now retir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose; since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and mght, to men Successive; and the timely dew ot sleep, Now... | |
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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... 
