 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...  Travels in the Two Hemispheres - Page 5681858 - 576 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...the wakeful nightingale; She all night long heram'rous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd ; now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led . The starry host, rode hrightest, till the moon Rising in elouded majesty, ai lengths Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...accompanied ; for beast and bird, 600 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 pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With livid sapphires : Hesperus, that led 605; The starry host,... | |
 | Anna Seward - Physicians - 1804 - 352 pages
...moon-light scenery in Milton. It is never more. charming than in the following instance : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, o'er all Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...accompanied ; for heast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all hut 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...Silence accompanied ; for bea*t 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 pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs j Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...accompanied ; for beast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk. all hut the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd : now glbw'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...accompanied ; for beast and bird, 600 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 pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs : Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host, rode... | |
 | John Parkhurst - Greek language - 1809 - 890 pages
...the starry train emblaze the sphere. POPE. So Milton, in his description of the evening. -Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest. Par. Lost, b. iv. lin. 604—6. 'Efijxcu, either from sYr/xa perf. of I'rij^i to . stand, or from Heb.... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy conch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was plcas'd : now glow'd the firmament With livid saphires : Hcspcru?, that led The starry host, rode brightest,... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...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 pleas'd: Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode... | |
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