 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 was pleased: now...  Le Paradis perdu de J. Milton - Page 144by John Milton - 1841 - 479 pagesFull view - About this book
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,...Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unyeil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve :—... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,...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 : —... | |
 | Scotland - 1840 - 1522 pages
...the skies," who acknowledge her precedence, and give place to her glory as she moves among them. " Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw, " NO. cexcvn. VOL. XLVIII.... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : indolent ; Nor is his claim to plenty, but content....good want health, the good want ¡xiwer Î" Add hea unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. "Fair... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,...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... | |
 | 1843 - 350 pages
...but the wakeful nightingale : She all night long her beauteous descant sung : Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus,...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1849 - 838 pages
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 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : verer up to Heaven Must reascend, what will betide...left among the unfaithful herd, The enemies of truth unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. "Fair... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 448 pages
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 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...all but the wakeful nightingale , She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : unveil'd her peerless light. And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. "Fair... | |
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