 | Andrew Cecil Bradley - 1915 - 251 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.... | |
 | Lane Cooper - Civilization - 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Milton - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
