 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...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 28by John Milton - 1881 - 460 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...sense; And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate To govern men and guide the state." WHITEHEAD, SECTION V. Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their...all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long he* am'rous descant sung: Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament ' With living sapphires: Hesperus,... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Physics - 1824 - 370 pages
...beautiful lines of Milton: Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They...her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased; now glowed the firmament With living saphirs; Hesperus that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...western throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things e : Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! pleas'd: now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 580 pages
...description of evening, iv. 598. nothing can be more charming than what is said of the nightingale. Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to...all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd. In that tender speech of Eve's to Ail ui ii, iv. 639. With thee conversing I forget all time,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...description of evening, iv. 508. nothing can be more charming than what is said of the nightingale. Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to...night long her amorous descant sung; • Silence was pleas'd. In that tender speech of Eve's to Adam, iv. 639. With thee converging I forget all time, &c.... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...is a circumstance which adds great beauty to his description. I have often thought that the weakness They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were...night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...Eve, retiring to r«*f. Now came still ev'ningon, and twilight gray Had in her sober liv'ry all things clad. Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They...but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came si ill ly delight In pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1826 - 318 pages
...Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests,...firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led COS The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen... | |
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