 | 1810 - 482 pages
...the firmament With livid saphires : Hcspcru?, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moou Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen...dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Faic Consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest Mind us of like repose, since God... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...amorous descant sung; " ' Silence Silence was pleas'd : now glov/d tte 'firmament With living sapphire; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent {{Ween uriveiFd hef'pee'rless light And o'er the dstrk' her silver marifle threw. MILTON, O» Milton.... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...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...mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve : " Fair consort, the hour Of eight, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose ;• since God hath set... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...these to their nests, Were slunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the-...clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd ht-r peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve: " Fair consort,... | |
 | Janus (Secundus) - 1812 - 222 pages
...Eclogue to Mr. Juhnson. Milton too has a similar expression, in these beautifully descriptive lines : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. ^^ «. See, in.her hand An ebon wand, How his lov'd sister guides * Her silver car, Sweet wanderer!... | |
 | Janus (Secundus) - 1812 - 212 pages
...Edogue to Mr. Johnson. Milton too has a similar expression, in these beautifully descriptive lines : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent quceu unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. MILTON. PAR. LOST, BOOK... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...accompanied ; for beast anil bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long...firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Uising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...Were slunk : all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her am'rons deseant sung : Silenee was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living...starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in elouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, A'.id o'er the dark her silver... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1815 - 388 pages
...after s \ conjunction they are turned to the ivrtt. "How beautifully is the moon described by JMilton : -till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Bookiv. line 606. Charles. I see the figure is intended to show that the moon's orbit is elliptical... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...long her ;:")Yrms descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living Saphircs : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen unveil'd tier peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve : " Fair consort,,... | |
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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, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous... 
