 Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub, Disporting, till the amorous bird of night Sung spousal, and bid haste the evening star, On his hill-top, to light the bridal lamp.  The Monthly Register, Magazine, and Review, of the United States - Page 2941807Full view - About this book
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 pages
...the nuptial bower I led her, blushing like the morn : all heaven, And happy constellations on that hour Shed their selectest influence ; the earth Gave...hill ; Joyous the birds ; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub. Book... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Phillips - 1868 - 632 pages
...the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn : all Heaven, And happy constellations, on that hour Shed their selectest influence ; the earth Gave...hill ; Joyous the birds ; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odors from the spicy shrub, Disporting,... | |
 | Eduard Engel - 1902 - 516 pages
...Heav'n, And happy constellations on that hour Shed their selectest influence. The earth Gave sign of the gratulation, and each hill. Joyous the birds ; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub, Disporting,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1188 pages
...MILTON. And happy constellations on that hour Shed their selectest influence ; the earth. Gave sitjn of gratulation, and each hill ; Joyous the birds ; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub. Paradise... | |
 | 1904 - 542 pages
...To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn : all Heaven, And happy constellations on that hour Shed their selectest influence; the earth Gave...the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odors from the spicy shrub, Disporting, till the amorous bird of night Sung spousal, and bid haste... | |
 | John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard - 1904 - 930 pages
...they most breed and haunt, I have observed, The air is delicate. Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 6. SHAKESPEARE. Joyous the birds ; fresh gales and gentle airs Whispered...the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odors from the spicy shrub. Paradise Lost, Bk. VIII. MILTON. HAMLET. The air bites shrewdly ; it is... | |
 | John Milton - 1907 - 146 pages
...(applied by Homer to the dawn), ' rosy -armed, ' etc. 989. musky ... fling. Compare Par. Lost, viii. 515: "Fresh gales and gentle airs Whispered it to the woods,...wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub." In this passage the verb fling is similarly used. ' Musky ' = fragrant : comp. 'musk-rose,' 1. 496.... | |
 | John Milton - 1908 - 586 pages
...510 I led her blushing like the Morn : all Heav'n, And happie Constellations on that houre Shed thir selectest influence ; the Earth Gave sign of gratulation,...each Hill ; Joyous the Birds ; fresh Gales and gentle Aires Whisper'd it to the Woods, and from thir wings Flung Rose, flung Odours from the spicie Shrub,... | |
 | Alexander Malcolm Williams - 1909 - 454 pages
...bunch of blooming plums Ready to melt between an infant's gums. Fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours form the spicy shrub. By cool Siloam's shady rill How sweet the lily grows ! How sweet the breath beneath... | |
 | Anton Blanck - 1911 - 474 pages
...resulGave sign of gratulation, and each hill; .Toyous the birda; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose,...flung odours from the spicy shrub, Disporting till the amourous bird of night Sung spousal, ond bid baste the evening star On his hill-top, to light the bridal... | |
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