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. La Belle Assemblée - Page 341810Full view - About this book
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 pages
...sober liv'ry all tilings clad. Silence accompanied ; forecast und bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale. •* She all night long heram'rous descant sung : *•« Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament *« With living sapphires... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still Evening on, and Twilight grey 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... | |
| 1847 - 648 pages
...four, and sets at seventeen minutes after seven. " Now came still evening on, and twilight grey 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 am'rous... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 pages
...sense, and takes the ravish'd soul. EVENING. Milton. Now came still evening on ; and twilight grey 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... | |
| John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...and variety of numbers, than that of Milton : — Now eatng still evening on, and twilight gray Had m 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... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pages
...state." WHITEHEAD, SECTION V. 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 he* am'rous descant sung: Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament ' With living sapphires: Hesperus,... | |
| William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...Adam and Eve's Conversation and Evening Worship. NOW came still evening on, and twilight gray Had itt her sober livery all things clad. Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nest Were sunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...great beauty to his description. I have often thought that the weakness They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful...night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 580 pages
...what is said of the nightingale. Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk; all but the wakeful...all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd. In that tender speech of Eve's to Ail ui ii, iv. 639. With thee conversing I forget all time,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for beast, and bird, 60O They to their grassy couch, these to their nests. Were slunk ; all but the wakeful...nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant bung ; Silence was pleas'd • now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that led... | |
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