 | John Milton - 1826 - 318 pages
...reflected purple 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, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ;... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; 8he all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased: Now glow'd the firmament With... | |
 | Lindley Murray, John Walker - 1826 - 314 pages
...on, and twilight gray SNc.nce accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, th'!se to their nests Were slunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale. She. all night long. her am'rous descant sung: Silence was pleas'd. Now giow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 pages
...greete " The dawning day, &c." DUNSTER. Ver. 282. from his grassy couch] So, in Par. Lost, B. iv. 600. " for beast and bird, " • They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, " Were slunk." THYER. Milton might perhaps remember Lucretius's expression, " Herba cubile praebebat," lib. v. TODD.... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 pages
...ourselves as we ought to do towards them. — Palmer's Aphorisms. EVENING. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things...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... | |
 | 1827 - 294 pages
...reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. 597 Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things...night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 276 pages
...Mam 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...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,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...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*...to their grassy couch*, these to their nests', Were sunk*; all but the wakeful nightingale*. She', all night long', her am'rous descant sung* : Silence... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 308 pages
...on, and twilight grj^ Had in her sober liv'ry all things clad, Silence accompanied; for beast and h"^ They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk; all but the wakeful mghtingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung: Silence wL pie Jd. Now glow'd the firmament... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1829 - 312 pages
...or the evening star. Do you recollect those beautiful lines of Milton ? Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things...With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry hest, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her... | |
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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... 
