| 1840 - 1522 էջ
...acknowledge her precedence, and give place to her glory as she moves among them. " 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... | |
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 էջ
...nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament aim to plenty, but content. But grant him riches, your demand is o'er? " No — shall the Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark... | |
| 1841 - 580 էջ
...without perhaps knowing in many cases the antiquity of the figure ! Compare Milton. " Until the moon, Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." One of the predominant features of the most ancient poetry i* the• idea of kindred or relationship... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 492 էջ
...nightingale ; She, all night long, her amorous descant sung ; Silence was plcas'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, unveii'd her peerless light, And o'er the... | |
| Robert Wilson Evans - 1843 - 262 էջ
...the famous moonlight scene which occurs in the fourth book of Paradise Lost. Till the Moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveiled...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Now here the terms clouded majesty, peerless light, silver mantle, are utterly inadmissible into rhythmical... | |
| John Milton - 1843 - 444 էջ
...nightingale ; She all night long her amorous 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... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 830 էջ
...nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament eascend, what will betide the few His faithful, left among the unfaithful herd, The enemie Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 826 էջ
...nightingale , She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament end, persisting, safe arrive. This my long sufferance, and my day of grace, They who negl Rising in clouded majesty, at length \ Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light. And o'er the dark... | |
| 1843 - 350 էջ
...nightingale : She all night long her beauteous 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... | |
| 1843 - 184 էջ
...nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased ; 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, unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark... | |
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