 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pàgines
...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 pàgines
...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.... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 318 pàgines
...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 ;... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 pàgines
...ought to do towards them. — Palmer's Aphorisms. EVENING. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied;...but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd; now glow'd the firmament With vivid sapphires; Hesperus,... | |
 | 1827 - 294 pàgines
...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 clad ; Silence...but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1829 - 494 pàgines
...poets have in all ages made it the theme of their verses ; a few of these we cannot resist giving : -Beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these...but the wakeful Nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased. MILTON. And in the violet-embroider'd vale, Where the love-lorn... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 pàgines
...and Eve'& Conversation and Evening Worship. — MILTON * NOW came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. Silence accompanied...and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nest Were sunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung : Silence... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pàgines
...eternal Spring. EVENING CONVERSATION BETWEEN ADAM AND EVE. Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence...but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus,... | |
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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... 
