 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...still evening an, Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, 6co They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were...Silence was pleas'd: now glow'd the firmament With livid saphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brighest, till the moon Rising in clouded... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...clad; Silence accompany'd ; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nestg Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her am'rous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus,... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were...Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With livid sapphires : Hesperus, that led 605. The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...came slill 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...pleas'd: now glow*d the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperiu, that ltd The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon. Rising in clouded majesty, at length... | |
 | Anna Seward - Physicians - 1804 - 352 pages
...all the jnoon-light scenery in Milton. It is never more, charming than in the following instance : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus,...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 dark... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 314 pages
...still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad: Q Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk With living saphirs." -now glowed the firmament Seated upon a rock, we for a long time contemplated... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...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...her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleas'd : now glbw'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starrj' host, rode brightest, till... | |
 | William Wood - Domestic animals - 1807 - 658 pages
...describing the approach of evening, has not forgotten his nocturnal vigils: " Silence accompanied; for beast and bird— They to their grassy couch,...nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung. The good old Walton too, whose favourite diversion induced him to spend so many hours by the side of... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 448 pages
...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 With living saphires." Seated upon a rock, we for a long time contemplated this exquisite scene, till... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...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...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... | |
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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... 
