| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 Seiten
...Azores; whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither roll'd Diurnal, or this less volubil earth, By shorter flight to the east, had left him...all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd: Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode... | |
| John Sabine - 1810 - 308 Seiten
...the hope he feels not, or with zeal To combat fears that e'en the pious feel ? CRABBE. Moon Light. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in...all night long her amorous descant sung; " ' Silence Silence was pleas'd : now glov/d tte 'firmament With living sapphire; Hesperus, that led The starry... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 Seiten
...gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had iu her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied...night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 Seiten
...hare us'd.. SECTION III. Discourse between Adam and Eve retiring to rest* Now came still evening.on, and Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things...all. night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 Seiten
...ADAM and EVE, retiring to rest. Now came still ev'ning on, and twilight gray Had in her sober liv'ry all things clad. Silence accompanied ; for beast and...but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the- firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,... | |
| Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 Seiten
...poetry, I know not one superior, for pleasing imagery, and variety of numbers, than that of Milton: " Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had in...wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous deseant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glowed the firmament With living sapphirs: Hesperus, that... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 Seiten
...This only is the witchcraft I have us'd. Section 111. DISCOURSE BETWEEN ADAM AND EVE RETIRING TO REST. Now came still evening on, and Twilight gray Had in...night long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glovv'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode... | |
| Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1821 - 366 Seiten
...she is then called Hesperus, or the evening star. Do you recollect tho«e beautiful lines of Milton : Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in...night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas-d : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs: Hesperus, that led The stair; host, rode brightest,... | |
| Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1821 - 350 Seiten
...you recollect those beautiful lines of Milton : - • Now came still evening on, and twilight grayHad in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied;...all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd; now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,... | |
| Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 752 Seiten
...subject ; the first describes the approach of evening, and the retiring of all animals to their repose : Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their...nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung. When Eve passed the irksome night preceding her fall, she, in a dream, imagines herself thus reproached... | |
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