 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 338by John Milton - 1750Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - English literature - 1926 - 412 pages
...all yee Creatures to extoll Himfrst, him lasl, him midsl, and without end. Fairesl of Starrs, lasl in the train of Night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crownsl the smiling Morn With thy bright Circlet, praise him in thy Spheare Of day'tyring, and the... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - Religious poetry, English - 1928 - 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1930 - 1150 pages
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...goddess of beauty." Milton describes it in the following well-known lines : — "Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown' at the smiling morn With thy bright circlet — praise Him in thy sphere." It is indeed to the... | |
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