 Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...  Pope: Essay on Man - Page 100by Alexander Pope - 1881 - 122 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pages
...accompanied ; for beast and bird, 6OO They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hespe'us, that led 605 The... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...accompanied ; for beasts and birds, Those to their grassy couch, these to their nests "Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung. Silence was pleased: now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that led The starry... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1849 - 688 pages
...Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glowed the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that led The starry... | |
 | E. A. ANSLEY - English language - 1849 - 288 pages
...Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy coach, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased. Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry... | |
 | John Milton - 1849 - 650 pages
...accompanied ; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led 605 The... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - Natural history - 1850 - 630 pages
...SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. -Beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk ; all but the wakeful Nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung." MILTON. " And in the violet-embroidered vale. Where the lovelorn Nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth... | |
 | Beautiful garment - Fall of man - 1850 - 164 pages
...Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk; all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1851 - 392 pages
...accompanied ; | for beast and bird, They* | to their grassy couch, | these* | to their nests Were slunk, | all but the wakeful nightingale : She all night long | her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : | now glowed the firmament With living sapphires ; | Hesperus that led •(•The... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 782 pages
...Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird Those to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk : All but the wakeful nightingale : She all night long her amorous descant sung. Silence was pleased. Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus that led The starry host... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...Silence accompanied ; for beast, and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glowed the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, II that led The... | |
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