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" QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining... "
The Richmond County Mirror - Page 132
1839
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...rude scene may em}, And darkness be the burier of the dead ! HYMN to CYNTHIA. (S. yofrsoif.) QUEEJ«, and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the Sun is laid...silver chair, State in wonted manner keep : Hesperus intreats thy light, Goddess, excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher ..., Volume 1

Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 780 pages
...and give it life by sight. SCENE VI. Hesperus, Cynthia, Arete, Time, Phronesis, Thauina. THE HYMN. " Queen, and huntress, chaste and fair, " Now the sun...thy silver chair, ' " State in wonted manner keep 10 : " Hesperus entreats thy light, " Goddess excellently bright. " Earth, let not thy envious shade...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher: The ..., Volume 1

Ben Jonson - 1811 - 790 pages
...Hesperus, Cynthia, Arete, Time, Phroncsis, Thaumu. THE HYMN. " Queen, and huntress chaste and fair, " Mow the sun is laid to sleep, " Seated in thy silver chair,...in wonted manner keep '" : " Hesperus entreats thy liçht, " Goddess excellently bright. " Earth, let not thy envious shade " Dare itself to interpose...
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The Descent of Liberty: A Mask

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1815 - 156 pages
...Masks than by the single production of that most accomplished invocation to Diana in Cynthia's Revels ; Queen and huntress, chaste and fair. Now the sun is...in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep*; Ac. but to conclude the specimens from the more decided Mask, the following passage may be taken from...
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The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory ..., Volume 2

Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 568 pages
...III. Enter HESPERUS, CYNTHIA, ARETE, TIME, PHRONESIS, and THAUMA. Music accompanied. HESPERUS sings. Queen, and huntress,' chaste and fair, Now the sun...Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess, excellently bright. 5 And deck'd thy statues with discolonr'd^oaiw*:] ie with flowers of different colours. So in David...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...favourable point of view. His Hymn to Diana, in ' Cynthia's Revels,' is remarkably elegant and melodious. ' Queen and huntress chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver car State in wonted manner keep. Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...favourable point of view. His Hymn to Diana, in ' Cynthia's Revels,' is remarkably elegant and melodious. ' Queen and huntress chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver car State in wonted manner keep. Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let...
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The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory ..., Volume 2

Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 568 pages
...bears her pleasant weight " Be still enamell'd with discolour'd flowers." And in Britannia's Pastorals, Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heav'n to clear, when day did close : Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright....
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces

John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...Many of thine this better could, than I, But for their powers, accept my piety. FROM CYNTHIA'S REVELS. QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the Sun is...silver chair, State in wonted manner keep : Hesperus intreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...sent'st it back to me; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself but thee! HYMN TO CYNTHIA. QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is...itself to interpose: Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess, excellently bright! Lay...
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