 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1821 - 350 strani
...night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd; now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. The planet next to Venus is the Earth, of which we shall soon speak at-full length. At present I shall... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1821 - 366 strani
...; Silence was pleas-d : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs: Hesperus, that led The stair; host, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded...light, And o-er the dark her silver mantle threw. The planet next to Venus is the Earth, of which we shall soon speak at full length. At present I shall... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 strani
...nightingale. •* She all night long heram'rous descant sung : *•« Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament *« With living sapphires : Hesperus,...Rising in clouded majesty, at length,. Apparent queen unveiVti'her peerless light, And o'er the dsrk her-silver mantle threw. . When Adantthus to Eve : "... | |
 | 1821 - 494 strani
...all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased; now glowed the firmament With livid Sapphires; Hesperus that led The starry host rode...Moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Virg. .Жп. iv. 522. Nox erat,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 strani
...She all oight long; her aii'roua descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament Wnli living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host,..."Fair consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now rrtir-d to rest, Mind us ut like repose; since God hath set Labonr and rest, as day and night, to men... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 strani
...wakeful nightingale : She all night long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that...mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve : " Fair Consort! the' Of night, and all things now retired to rest, [hour Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 strani
...the wakeful nightingale. She all night long he* am'rous descant sung: Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament ' With living sapphires: Hesperus, that...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. 2. When Adam thus to Eve: " Fair consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind... | |
 | 1847 - 648 strani
...descant sung ; Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus first that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." MILTON. The MOON rises on the 1st at half-past seven in the evening, and on the 3d at half-past nine... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 strani
...the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung. Silence was pteas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus that...starry host rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in cloudy majesty, at length, AppM<tt»t'<iueen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 strani
...wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that...length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, A ml o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve : Fair Consort, the hour Of night,... | |
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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 descant sung; Silence... 
