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... Annual Report of the Commissioners ... - Page 2711851Full view - About this book
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...there Arraying with reflected purple' and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now ca.ue still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober...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, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...twilight grey Had in her sober liv'ry all things clad ; Silence accompany'd ; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her am'rous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With... | |
| John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...and twilight grey Had in her soher livVy all things elad ; Silence accompanied; for heast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk; all hut the wakeful nightingale; She all night long heram'rous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd ; now... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...him there 595 Arraying witk reflected purple' and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in...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 ;... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...and twilight gray Had in her soher livery all things clad; Silence accompanied ; for heast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all hut the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd : now... | |
| Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 526 pages
...distant boatmen ; in the language of the divine Milton : " Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence...their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk • With living saphirs." now glowed the firmament Seated upon a rock, we for a long time contemplated... | |
| Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 320 pages
...Milton: " Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad : Q Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to...their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk With living saphirs." —now glowed the firmament Seated upon a rock, we for a long time contemplated... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...The pret. and part. pass, ot liing. SLUNK. The pret. and part. pass, of slink. Silence accompany 'd ; for beast, and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nosts, Were slunk. Milton. To SLUK. -ja [sloorig, Dutch, lusty ; iloore, a slut.] i. To sully , to... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...is excell'd by manly grace And wisdom, which alone is truly fair. A DESCRIPTION of NIGHT. (MILTON.) Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all tilings clad : Silence accompanied ; for bea*t and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...BETWEEN ADAM AND EVE ON RETIRING TO REST. BY TRE SAME. A ow came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied ; for beast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk. all hut the wakeful nightingale... | |
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