 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...  Chambers's papers for the people - Page 5by Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...shoulders drawn, Come, but keep thy wonted state ^ With even step, and pensive gait. H. Pert. Si. 14 Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in...things clad ; Silence accompanied, for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; On bird... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1836 - 264 pages
...SECTION V. Discourse between Adam and Eve, retiring to nil NOW came still ev'ning on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, ff hey to their grassy couch, these to their nes^, Were sunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale. She... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...nuages qui sur son trône occiental lui font cortège. 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... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...nuages qui sur son trône occiental lui font cortége. 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. 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, « cercle brillant du soleil ta vue parfaite s'étende... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 426 pages
...nuages qui sur son trône occi(/ entai lui font cortége. 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 conch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She... | |
 | Basket - 1837 - 260 pages
...soft cadence dying on the listening ear. Those beautiful lines of Milton recurred to my mind — " Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober liv'ry all things clad, for beast and birds ; They to their grassy couch, these to their nests were... | |
 | John William Donaldson - Greek drama - 1838 - 140 pages
...skilfully selected. Milton has some lines onthe same subject, which will serve as an apposite introduction: Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in...things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their ifcst, Were slunk: all save the tuneful nightingale; She... | |
 | Jane Marcet - 1839 - 544 pages
...she is then called Hesperus, or the evening-star. Do you recollect those beautiful lines of Milton ? Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in...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... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1839 - 154 pages
...language :— EXAMPLE. It was now growing dark, and objects could not be distinctly seen in the twilight. Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober liv'ry all things clad. EXERCISES. 1. The water of the lake was without motion. 2. He could not be... | |
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