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" Their merry wakes and pastimes keep. What hath night to do with sleep ? Night hath better sweets to prove, Venus now wakes, and wakens Love. Come, let us our rites begin, 'Tis only daylight that makes sin, Which these dun shades will ne'er report. "
The Memoirs of the Life, and Writings of Percival Stockdale: Containing Many ... - Page 414
by Percival Stockdale - 1809
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Paradise regain'd, a poem. To which is added Samson agonistes; and Poems ...

John Milton - 1747 - 240 pages
...trirfli Their merry wakes and paftimes keep i What hath Night te do with fleep ? Night hath better fweets to prove ; Venus now wakes, and wakens Love. Come, let us our rites begin ; 'Tit only day -light that makes Sin, Which thefe dun fhades will ne'er report. Hail, Goddefc of Nodturnal...
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Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson ..., Volume 2

John Milton - 1753 - 418 pages
...120 Their merry wakes and paftimes keep : What hath night to do with flcep? Night hath better fweets to prove, Venus now wakes, and wakens Love. Come let us our rites begin, 12e Tis only day-light that makes fin, Which thefe dun fhades will ne'er report. Hail Goddefs of nocturnal...
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Bell's British Theatre,: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays ...

English drama - 1777 - 380 pages
...trim, Their merry wakes and pafiimes keep : What has night to do with fleep ? Night has better fweets to prove ; Venus now wakes, and wakens Love: Come,...us our rites begin : 'Tis only day-light that makes fin. Comus. Hail, goddefs of no&urnal fport, Dark-veil'd Cocytto, t' whom the fecret flame Of midnight...
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Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays

John Bell - English drama - 1777 - 374 pages
...trim, Their merry wakes and piftimes keep : What has night to do with lleep ? Night has better fweets to prove ; Venus now wakes, and wakens Love : Come,...us our rites begin : 'Tis only day-light that makes fin. Camus. Hail, goddefs of no&urnal fport, Dark-veil'd Cocytto, t' whom the fecret flame Of midnight...
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A Collection of the Most Esteemed Farces and Entertainments ..., Volume 4

English drama - 1783 - 402 pages
...trim', Their merry wakes and paftimes keep : What has night to do with fleep ? Night has better fweets to prove ; Venus now wakes, and wakens Love: Come,...us our rites begin: Tis only day-light that makes fin. That ne'er art call'd but when the dragon-womb And makes one blot of all the air,' Of Stygian...
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Poems Upon Several Occasions: English, Italian, and Latin

John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 698 pages
...Their merry wakes and paftimes keep : 1 2 1 What hath night to do with fleep ? Night hath better fweets to prove, Venus now wakes, and wakens Love. Come let us our rites begin, 12 c 'Tis only day-light that makes fin, • And in Warner's ALBION'S ENGLAND, B. ix. 46. As this fame...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32

John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...Their merry wakes and pastimes keep i What hath night to do witTi sleep ? Night hath better sweets to prove, Venus now wakes, and wakens Love. Come let us our rites begin, tt$ 'Tis only day-light that makes sin> Which these dun shades- will ne'er report. Hail Goddess of...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 12

English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...129 Their merry wakes and paftimes keep : What hath night to do with fleep ? Night hath better fweets to prove, Venus now wakes, and wakens love. Come let us our rites begin, 125 'Tis only day-light that makes fin, Which thefe dun fhades will ne'er report. Hail Goddefs of no&urnal...
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British Theatre, Volume 11

John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...trimy Their merry wakes and pastimes keep; What has night to do with sleep? Night has better sweets to prove ; Venus now wakes and wakens Love; Come,...rites begin ; 'Tis only day-light that makes sin. Camus. Hail, goddess of nocturnal sport, Dark-veil'd Cotytto ! to whom the secret flame 1 8a Of midnight...
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Poems Upon Several Occasions: English, Italian, and Latin, with Translations ...

John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...120 Their merry wakes and paftimes keep j What hath night to do with fieep ? Night hath better fweets to prove, Venus now wakes, and wakens Love. Come let. us .our rights Begin, 125 JTis only day-light that makes fin, Which thefe dun fh'ades will ne'er report. Hail...
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