 Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd: now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty,...  Of mechanics and astronomy - Page 172by Jeremiah Joyce - 1825Full view - About this book
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...now glow'd the firmament With vivid sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length...Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. — Milton. GAY. WHO RIGHTLY CALLED. Whom call we gay] That honour has... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Astronomy - 1828 - 262 pages
...said to be full. The same may be said of the rest. ; , .-The horns of the moon, before conio junction or new moon, are turned to the east: after conjunction...Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent Queen, nnveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Book iv. line 606. Charles.... | |
 | First steps - Astronomy - 1828 - 456 pages
...Milton speaks of when he mentions Hesperus : " Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length,...Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." MOTHER. The light of Venus is of a white colour, and is so strong that... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Authors, English - 1828 - 492 pages
...Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires, Hesperus that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length...Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light And o'er the dark her silent mantle threw. Milton. Par. Lost. Book IV. v. 605. Night is fair virtue's immemorial... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest ; till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty at length,...Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair consort th? hous Of night, and all things... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length...Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve : ' Fair Consort, th' hour Of night, and all things... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 pages
...glow'd the firmament With living sapphires* : Hesperus', that led The starry hosf , rode brightesf , till the moon', Rising in clouded majesty', at length', Apparent queen', unveil'd her peerless lighf , And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw\ t, When Adam thus to Eve* : " Fair consorf, th'... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 328 pages
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 | John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
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