 | General reader - 1827 - 246 pàgines
...amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd; now glow'd the firmament With vivid sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the...o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. — Milton. GAY. WHO RIGHTLY CALLED. Whom call we gay] That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pàgines
...descant sung* : Silence was pleas'd*. Now giow'd the firmament With living sapphires* : Hesperus', that led .The starry host", rode brightest', till...light' , And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw*. When Adam thus to Eve* : " Fair consort', th' hour Of night', and all things nowretir'd to rest', Mind... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1827 - 494 pàgines
...amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires — Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. THE DELUGE. 1. THE wickedness of mankind had rapidly increased Were they permitted to remain in Paradise... | |
 | First steps - 1828 - 456 pàgines
...Phosphorus. ELIZABETH. Then it is Venus that Milton speaks of when he mentions Hesperus : " Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." MOTHER. The light of Venus is of a white colour, and is so strong that she sometimes, it is said, casts... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1828 - 492 pàgines
...amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd. — Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires, Hesperus that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the...unveil'd her peerless light And o'er the dark her silent mantle threw. Milton. Par. Lost. Book IV. v. 605. Night is fair virtue's immemorial friend :... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 262 pàgines
...am'rous descant sung . Silence was pleas'd . Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host , rode brightest , till the...Rising in clouded majesty , at length , Apparent queen , unveil d her peerless light , And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw . 3. When Adam thus to Eve... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 pàgines
...amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest ; till the...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair consort th? hous Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1829 - 312 pàgines
...Silence was pleas'd ; now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry hest, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. so that water there would be carried off in the shape of steam, for by experiments with the thermometer,... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1829 - 278 pàgines
...: after conjunction they are turned to the west. How beautifully is the moon described by Milton : -till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length,...Apparent Queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er^ the night her silver mantle threw. Book ir. line 606. - Charles. I see the figure is intended to show that... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 pàgines
...what spright Of your /iftr.x you were beheld. That at every motion swelled. Ben J,Tivm. \ lespei us. that led The starry host, rode brightest; till the moon. Rising in cloudy majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveiled her peerlcst light. In song he never had his peer,... | |
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... 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... 
