 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...  A compendium of ancient and modern geography - Էջ 6Aaron Arrowsmith - 1831 - 80 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 էջ
...all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sang ; Silence was plcas'd : , all were it woe and grief He might a while yet linger...descend into the pit ; Where Death, when he the morta nt length Apparent queen, unvcil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When... | |
 | William Russell - 1844 - 428 էջ
...her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : | now glowed the firmament With living sapphires ; f Hesperus that led -(-The starry host, | rode brightest,...Rising in clouded majesty, | at length Apparent queen | unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark | her silver mantle threw." The caesural pause in... | |
 | 1849 - 608 էջ
...amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs ; Hesperus tlwt led The starry host rode brightest, till the moon,...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unvail'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." Were we inclined to do anything... | |
 | William Russell - 1845 - 410 էջ
...wakeful nightingale : She all night long | her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : | now glowed the firmament With living sapphires ; | Hesperus that...Rising in clouded majesty, | at length Apparent queen | unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark | her silver mantle threw." The caesural pause in... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 էջ
...wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant1 sung. Silence was pleased : now glowed the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw : When Adam thus to Eve : "... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 էջ
...please'd. Now glowed the fi'rmament With living sap'phires : He'sperus (that le'd The starry hos'ti rode brightest ; till the mo"on, (Rising in clouded majesty,) at len'gth, Apparent que'en, unveiled her peerless lig'ht, And o'er the dar'k/ her silver mantle thre'w ; When Ad'am/ th'us to Ev'e... | |
 | John Parkhurst - 1845 - 846 էջ
...character of that planet. So the poets frequently compare the litjht of the moon to niter. Thus Milton : -The moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peertett tight, And o'er the dark her lilnr mantle threw. Paradiu Loit, iv. 606, fcc. "Ap^iof, o, from'Apijc... | |
 | 1845 - 328 էջ
...all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased ; now glowed the liratamcnt With livid sapphires ; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Bising in clouded majesty, at length i THB Original. MENTAL CULTURE. BY HB8. BL1ZABBTH H. M'COLLOH.... | |
 | William Russell - 1846 - 420 էջ
...wakeful nightingale ; — She, all night long, her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleased. Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus that...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.' Solemnity, Sublimity, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 էջ
...but the wakeful nightingale ; She, all night long, her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,...led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, 605 Rising in clouded majesty, at length I Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the... | |
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