 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and hird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests,...night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With livid sapphires; Hesperus, that led G0S The starry host, rode... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...sense, and takes the ravish'd soul. EVENING. Milton. Now came still evening on ; and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad : — Silence...night long, her amorous descant sung. Silence was pleas'd.' Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rose... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...and variety of numbers, than that of Milton : — Now eatng still evening on, and twilight gray Had m her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied...all night long her amorous descant sung. Silence was pteas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest,... | |
 | 1847 - 648 pages
...past four, and sets at seventeen minutes after seven. " Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence...but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her am'rous descant sung ; Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...and Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests,...her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Physics - 1824 - 370 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 gray Had in...was pleased; now glowed the firmament With living saphirs; Hesperus that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight grey ic flame, nor private dares to shine : 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 Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 pages
...remain ia Varadlse J---19. How wore they prevented from returning into it? AN EVENING IN PARADISE, Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had,...They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were sunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased.... | |
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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... 
