 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 pleased: now...  Le Paradis perdu de J. Milton - Page 144by John Milton - 1841 - 479 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Howard, Frank Howard - Aesthetics, Comparative - 1848 - 398 pages
...in 1829 he exhibited a companion to his " Solar System," under the title of " Night," " Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that...Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." Paradise Lost. which was purchased... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - English language - 1848 - 56 pages
...wakeful nightingale. She all night long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleased. Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that...Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Milton. xin. SATAN'S OVERTHROW.... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - Readers - 1847 - 502 pages
...wakeful nightingale; She, all night long, her amorous descant sung. Silence was pleased. Now glowed the firmament With living Sapphires : Hesperus, that...Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unvailed her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. MIITOIT. LESSON CVII. THANKS... | |
 | E. A. ANSLEY - English language - 1849 - 288 pages
...the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased. Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." — Milton. "L'Arare mugissant... | |
 | John Milton, James Prendeville - Bible - 1850 - 452 pages
...but the wakeful nightingale ; She, all night long, her amorous1 descant sunfc; Silence was pleas'rt : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus,...Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light. And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve : " Fair... | |
 | Theology - 1850 - 516 pages
...wakeful nightingale : She all night long her am'rous descant sung : Silence was pleased. Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." PUGHE : tudal. 116. " Dynesai... | |
 | Bradford Kinney Peirce, Bradford Kinney Pierce - Gift books - 1850 - 360 pages
...wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased ; now glowed the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." Dante incessantly shades the... | |
 | English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...all 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,...Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil' d her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw — When Adam thus to Eve :... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1851 - 392 pages
...wakeful nightingale : She all night long | her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : | now glowed the firmament With living sapphires ; | Hesperus that...Rising in clouded majesty, | at length Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark | her silver mantle threw." The csesural pause in anapcestic... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 782 pages
...wakeful nightingale : She all night long her amorous descant sung. Silence was pleased. Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus that...Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent Queen, unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.' It caunot be seriously denied... | |
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