With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening... Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 89by John Milton - 1836 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...flower, G list"ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft show'rs : and sweet the coming on Cf grateful evening mild ; then silent night With this...solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heav'n, her starry train: But neither breath of morn, when she ascends 650 With charm of earliest birds... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...herb, tree, fruit, and flower, " Glist'ring with dew : fragrant the fertile earth " After soft show'rs, and sweet the coming on " Of grateful evening mild...train : " But neither breath of morn, when she ascends " With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun " On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower,... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 670 pages
...herb, tree, fruit, and flower, " Glist'ring with dew : fragrant the fertile earth " After soft show'rs, and sweet the coming on *» Of grateful evening mild...train : " But neither breath of morn, when she ascends " With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun " On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower,... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 662 pages
...flower, *' Glist'ring with dew : fragrant the fertile earth " After soft show'rs, and sweet the coining on " Of grateful evening mild : then, silent night...train : " But neither breath of morn, when she ascends " With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun " On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower,... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...the fertile earth " After soft show'rs, and sweet the coming on " Of grateful evening mild : tben, silent night " With this her solemn bird, and this...train : " But neither breath of morn, when she ascends " With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun " On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower,... | |
| Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...herb, tree, fruit, and flow'r, Glist'ring with dew : fragrant the fertile earth After soft show'rs : and sweet the coming on « Of grateful evening mild:...solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heav'n, her starry train. But neither breath of morn, when she ascends, With charms of earliest birds... | |
| John Dryden - English prose literature - 1800 - 712 pages
...herb, tree, fruit, and flower, " Glist'ring with dew : fragrant (he fertile earth " After soft show'rs, and sweet the coming on " Of grateful evening mild...this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, " And these th£ gems of heaven, her starry train : " But neither breath of morn, when she ascends " With charm... | |
| Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew : fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful...train. But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ring with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth 645 After soft show'rs : and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild;...solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heav'n, her starry train : But neither breath of morn, when she ascends. 650 With charm of earliest... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...fragrant the fertile earth. After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild; the silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this...train. But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds, nor rising sun In this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower, Glist'ring... | |
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