 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 ; Silence was...  The Republic - Page 1251851Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...living sapphires : Hesperus, that led Ihe starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Wising m clouded majesty, at length. Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver-mantle threw. of • "L am thns to Eve : " Fair consort, th' tour 01 : night, and all things... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...wakeful nightingale*. She', all night long', her am'rous descant sung* : Silence was pleas'd*. Now giow'd the firmament With living sapphires* : Hesperus',...host", rode brightest', till the moon', Rising in clouded majesty', at length', Apparent queen', unveil'd her peerless light' , And o'er the dark her... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English literature - 1827 - 276 pages
...wakeful nightingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung : Silence was pleas d. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that...starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver... | |
 | Bible - 1827 - 294 pages
...all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,...led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, 606 Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1827 - 494 pages
...sapphires — Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. THE DELUGE. 1. THE wickedness of mankind had rapidly increased Were they permitted to remain in Paradise... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd; now glow'd the firmament With vivid sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 308 pages
...the wakeful mghtingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung: Silence wL pie Jd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, lillthe moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length; Apparent queen unveil'd her peer ess light, And... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Authors, English - 1828 - 492 pages
...wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd. — Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires, Hesperus that...starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light And o'er the dark her silent... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1828 - 252 pages
...'•"'" "c"^ 1 "! itingale . , all night long, her am'rous descant sung. Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament 'With living sapphires : Hesperus, that...led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon , llising in clouded majesty , at length, Apparent queen , unveil d her peerless light, And o'er the... | |
 | First steps - Astronomy - 1828 - 456 pages
...Lucifer, or Phosphorus. ELIZABETH. Then it is Venus that Milton speaks of when he mentions Hesperus : " Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver... | |
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