| George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1873 - 586 pages
...sun, now fallen Beneath the Azores; whither the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had hither rolled Diurnal, or this less volubil earth, By shorter flight...gold The clouds that on his western throne attend." And then, no doubt, follows a well-known passage of exquisite beauty, " Now came still evening on,"... | |
| John Milton - Fall of man - 1754 - 342 pages
...hoTrfwifc, had rhither rowl'd Diurnal; or this lefs volubil earth , By shorter flight to th' eaft, had left him there, Arraying with reflected purple , and gold, The clouds that on his wcftein tSrone attend. Now came ftill evening on , and twilight grey Had in her fober livery all things... | |
| John Milton - 1784 - 276 pages
...Incredible how fwift, had thither roll'd Diurnal, or this lefs voluble earth, By (horter flight to th' eaft, had left him there Arraying with reflected purple' and gold The clouds that on his weftern throne attend. Now came ftill evening on, and twilight gray lad in her fober livery all things... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...roll'd Diurnal, or this less voluble earth, By shorter flight to th" jtast, had left him there 595 Arraying with reflected purple' and gold The clouds...throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, 600 They to... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...light dispels the dark. DISCOURSE BETWEEN ADAM AND EVE ON RETIRING TO REST. BY THE SAME. Now 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 to their nests Were slunk, all but... | |
| Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 314 pages
...the dashing of the oar, and the carol of the distant boatmen; in the language of the divine Milton: " Now came 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... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...now light dispels the dark. DISCOURSE BETWEEN ADAM AND EVE ON RETIRING TO REST. BY THE SAME. J>| ow 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... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 448 pages
...dashing of the oar, and the carol of the distant boatmen; in the language of the divine Milton : " 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 With... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...now rais'd Bore him slope downward to the sun now fall'n Beneath the Azores; whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither roll'd Diurnal,...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... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 564 pages
...Sun now fall'n Beneath the Azores ; whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither rol I'di Diurnal, or this less volubil Earth, By shorter flight...Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nest» Were slunk, all... | |
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