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" Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime. "
Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books - Page 338
by John Milton - 1750
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Critical Essays of the Eighteenth Century, 1700-1725

Willard Higley Durham - Criticism - 1915 - 502 pages
...all the Creatures, to extol Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end. Fairest of Stars, last in the Train of Night, If better thou belong not to the Dawn, Sure Pledge of Day, that crown'st the smiling Morn With thy bright Circlet, praise him in thy Sphere, While Day arises, that...
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A Commentary on Tennyson's In Memoriam

Andrew Cecil Bradley - 1915 - 288 pages
...trifles, it is because she holds it,' etc., the use of ' better ' being somewhat like Milton's in ' last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn,' Par. Lost, V. 167. 16. ' tears ' : this suggests the metaphor of the next section, with which cf. xv1....
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The Greek Genius and Its Influence: Select Essays and Extracts

Lane Cooper - Greece - 1917 - 330 pages
...Milton. Again in the Fifth Book of Paradise Lost the Morning Star is addressed as Fairest of Stars, last in the train of Night, If better thou belong not to the Dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown 'st the smiling Morn With thy bright circlet.88 Of this passage the words 'last in the train...
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A Commentary on Tennyson's In Memoriam

Andrew Cecil Bradley - 1920 - 284 pages
...trifles, it is because she holds it,' etc., the use of 'better' being somewhat like Milton's in 'last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn,' Par. Lost, v. 167. 16. ' tears ' : this suggests the metaphor of the next section, with which cf. xv1....
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The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp].

Robert Kemp Philp - 1861 - 794 pages
...heavens, is called the plane of the Earth's orbit. VESVS. ' Fairest oP«tarw, lost in the train of nlffht, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, thou crowu'nt the smiling morn With thy bright circlet !• " Thus sung the poet of Venus ; and we...
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Astronomy in the Poets

Cumberland Clark - Astronomy in literature - 1922 - 140 pages
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The World's Great Religious Poetry

Caroline Miles Hill - Religious poetry - 1923 - 888 pages
...join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere While day arises, that...
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The Poems of John Milton: English, Latin, Greek & Italian, Volume 2

John Milton - English literature - 1925 - 450 pages
...join all ye Creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of Stars, last in the train of Night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling Morn With thy bright Circlet, praise him in thy Sphere While day arises, that...
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Ideas and Forms in English and American Literature

Homer Andrew Watt, James Buell Munn - American literature - 1925 - 1242 pages
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The Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 424 pages
...H im first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, 1 f better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that...
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