 With living saphirs ; Hesperus that led eos 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 her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve: fair consort,...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 135by John Milton - 1834Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Physics - 1824 - 370 pages
...firmament With living saphirs; Hesperus that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the mootx 9 Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. The Planet next to Venus is the Earth, of which we sh; soon speak at full length. At present I shall... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Oral reading - 1824 - 308 pages
...firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host rode brightest, till the moon, Hising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveil'd...light, And o'er the dark, her silver mantle threw. 3. When Adam thus to Eve : "Fair consort, th' houc Of night, acd all thing* now relir'd to rest, Mind... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...descant sung: Silence was pleas'd. Now giow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. 2. When Adam thus to Eve: "Fairconsort, th'hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to i^est, Mind... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 490 pages
...description of her, under this title : " Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest: 'till the moon, Rising...peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw *." Again: " The sun was sunk ; and, after him, the star Of Hesperus, whose office is to bring Twilight... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...descant sung. Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising...peerless light; And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.——-MILTOH Night, sable power ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1825 - 310 pages
...east: after conjunction they are turned to the .west. How beautifully is the moon described by Milton*: -till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length,...Apparent Queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the night her silver mantle threw. Book iv. line 606. Charles. J^ see the figure is intended to show that... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 264 pages
...descant sung; Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament. With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveilM her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. 2 When Adam thus to Eve : "... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1825 - 404 pages
...descant sung; Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires—Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest; till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, nnveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. THE DELUGE. 1. THE wickedness... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - Folklore - 1825 - 396 pages
...• sat down under the moat to rest himself, and began looking mournfully enough upon the moon, which “Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent Queen, unveil'd her peerless light, O'er the dark heaven her silver mantle threw, And in her pale dominion check'd the night.” Presently... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - Fairy tales - 1825 - 386 pages
...sat down under the moat to rest himself, and began looking Ynournfully enough upon the moon, which " Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent Queen, unveil'd her peerless light, O'er the dark heaven her silver mantle threw, And in her pale dominion check'd the night." Presently... | |
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