 | 1810 - 482 էջ
...the firmament With livid saphires : Hcspcru?, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moou Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen...dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Faic Consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest Mind us of like repose, since God... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 էջ
...hare us'd.. SECTION III. Discourse between Adam and Eve retiring to rest* Now came still evening.on, and Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things...When Adam thus to Eve : " Fair consort, the hour Of eight, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose ;• since God hath set Labour and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 էջ
...these to their nests, Were slunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the-...clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd ht-r peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve: " Fair consort,... | |
 | Janus (Secundus) - 1812 - 222 էջ
...Eclogue to Mr. Juhnson. Milton too has a similar expression, in these beautifully descriptive lines : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. ^^ «. See, in.her hand An ebon wand, How his lov'd sister guides * Her silver car, Sweet wanderer!... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 էջ
...With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Uising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd...mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. *' Fair consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, 611 Mind us of like repose, since God hath set... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 էջ
...their nest Were sunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sungf : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With...mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair consort th' hour Gf night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 էջ
...host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen unveil'd tier peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle...Fair consort,, the hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest, Mind us of'lite-repose; since God hath set ' Labour and rest, as day and night to... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 388 էջ
...after s \ conjunction they are turned to the ivrtt. "How beautifully is the moon described by JMilton : -till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Bookiv. line 606. Charles. I see the figure is intended to show that the moon's orbit is elliptical... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 էջ
...firmament With living SHpphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rismg in clouded majesty, at length, ' Apparent queen unveil'd...silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve : Fair consorf, th' hour Of night, Rtid all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose ; since God... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 էջ
...wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glowM the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that...mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair consort th' hour Of night, and all -things now retir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set... | |
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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 descant sung; Silence was pleased: now... 
