 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1832 - 260 pages
...— WHITEHEAD. SECTION V. Discourse between Adam and Eve, retiring to reit. NOW came still ev'ning on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all..." £ " They to their grassy couch, these to their i Were sunk ; all but tlie wakeful nightingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung ; Silence... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompany'd ; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests,...night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament 698 whether] ' whither.' Milton's own ed. 594 volubil'] ' voKibil,'... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...left him there, Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds, that oh his western throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in...all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd: now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,... | |
 | 1833 - 444 pages
...Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were sunk, all but the wakeful nightingale: She all night long...living sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless... | |
 | Notes - 1834 - 264 pages
...man. Ps. viii. p. 2. } , * . } ^€M Evening Meditation. Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence...her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased: now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
..., peignant de reflets de pourpre et d'or les nuages qui sur son trône occiental lui font cortège. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in...her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), John Lauris Blake - Astronomy - 1836 - 540 pages
...evening-star. Do you recollect those beautiful lines of Milton ? Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence...her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs : Hesperus that led The starry host, rode brightest, till... | |
 | Edward Wilson Landor - 1836 - 614 pages
...clad ; Silence accompanied : for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their neits, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She...living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...state With even step, and pensive gait. H. Pers. 31. '* Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence...nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; On bird and beast, the other charged for man With sweet oblivion of the cares of day ; 250 Not sumptuously... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...state ^ With even step, and pensive gait. H. Pert. Si. 14 Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence...nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; On bird and beast, the other charged for man With sweet oblivion of the cares of day ; 250 Not sumptuously... | |
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Now came still evening on, and twilight gray 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... 
