| 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...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,... | |
| Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 526 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...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... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all tilings clad : Silence accompanied ; for bea*t and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their...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,... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...Twilight gray 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...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... | |
| 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...their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk now glowed the firmament With living saphires." Seated upon a rock, we for a long time contemplated... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...left him there Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had in...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... | |
| John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...the hope he feels not, or with zeal To combat fears that e'en the pious feel ? CRABBE. Moon Light. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in...all night long her amorous descant sung; " ' Silence Silence was pleas'd : now glov/d tte 'firmament With living sapphire; Hesperus, that led The starry... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had iu her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied...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... | |
| Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...hare us'd.. SECTION III. Discourse between Adam and Eve retiring to rest* Now came still evening.on, and Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things...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... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...ADAM and EVE, retiring to rest. Now came still ev'ning on, and twilight gray Had in her sober liv'ry all things clad. Silence accompanied ; for beast and...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,... | |
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