 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
 | Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 430 pages
...Sun,, and a morning star when she is west of him. By Milton she is described as Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crownest the smiling morn i. Twice in the course of about 120 years, Venus passes over the disk of... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...him last, him midst, and without end. On earth join all ye creatures to extol Fairest of stars, Jast in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, Sure pledge of day, thatcrown'st the smiling morn... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...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 Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last , Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew) He quits his cell ; the pilgrim-star crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars ! last, in 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... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...creatures, to extol H'm first, him last, him rnidst, and without end. Fairest of stars ! last in 'rain of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, • hat crown'st the smiling morn With th; bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While dny arises,... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, 165 If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crowu'stthe smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 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 - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...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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