 Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her 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 moon Rising in clouded majesty,...  Of mechanics and astronomy - Page 172by Jeremiah Joyce - 1825Full view - About this book
 | John Brown - 1882 - 474 pages
...pleased: now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs; Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length...Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." Were we inclined to do anything but enjoy this and be thankful — giving... | |
 | Conrad Busken Huet - Dutch literature - 1882 - 244 pages
...Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, thad led The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length...Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Wanneer Adam Eva kust, dan wendt de bespiedende Satan jaloersch het hoofd... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 pages
...Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length,...Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. 3320 Milton : Par. Lost. Bk. iv. Line 604 The Queen of night, whose large... | |
 | John Brown - 1861 - 482 pages
...pleased: now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs ; Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length...Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." Were we inclined to do anything but enjoy this and be thankful — giving... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - American poetry - 1884 - 430 pages
...now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length...Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. John Milton, EXPULSION FROM PARADISE. He ended ; and the Archangel soon... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - Buddha (The concept) - 1884 - 204 pages
...now glow'd the firmaiment With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length...Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. The true is often by itself alone a sufficient touchstone for the false.... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - Buddha (The concept) - 1884 - 252 pages
...firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Eising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. The true is often by itself alone a sufficient touchstone for the false.... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - Buddha (The concept) - 1884 - 198 pages
...firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Bising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o' er the dark her silver mantle threw. The true is often by itself alone a sufficient touchstone for... | |
 | John Brown - 1885 - 550 pages
...: now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs ; Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length...Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.' Were we inclined to do anything but enjoy this and be thankful—giving... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - English poetry - 1885 - 702 pages
...now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length...Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. EVE'S CONJUGAL LOVE. ' MY author and disposer, what thou hid'st, Unargued... | |
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