 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pagina’s
...couch, these to their nests, Were slunk; all hut the wakeful nightingale; She all night long heram'rous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd ; now glow'd the...sapphires: Hesperus, that led . The starry host, rode hrightest, till the moon Rising in elouded majesty, ai lengths Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pagina’s
...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...Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With livid sapphires : Hesperus, that led 605; The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pagina’s
...accompanied ; for heast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all hut the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous...sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode hrightest, till the moon. Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1804 - 352 pagina’s
...consecrates all the moon-light scenery in Milton. It is never more. charming than in the following instance : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus,...brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, o'er all Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Since... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pagina’s
...Silence accompanied ; for bea*t and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long...was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs j Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty,... | |
 | Henrietta Rouvière Mosse - 1806 - 938 pagina’s
...united to virtue, industry, and social intercourse. Anna fixed her mild blue eyes on the moon, which " Rising, in clouded majesty, at length, " Apparent...light, " And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw ;" and lifted up her gentle soul in admiration and praise of the Divine Author of the creation's great... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pagina’s
...wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd : now glbw'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that...starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouHed majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pagina’s
...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...was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs : Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon Rising in clouded majesty,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pagina’s
...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...mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair Consort, the hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 662 pagina’s
...couch, Ihese to Iheir nests Were slunk : all but the wakeful nightingale! She all night long her am'rous descant sung. Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the...dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. ADAM. Fair coesort ! th' hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose... | |
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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... 
