 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 pages
...on, and twiligh't grayHad in her sober liv'ry all tilings clad. Silence accompanied ; forecast und bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests...but the wakeful nightingale. •* She all night long heram'rous descant sung : *•« Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament *« With living sapphires... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 564 pages
...in the day, " As shaming anie eye should thee behold — ." So, Milton's Paradise Lost, book iv. : " These to their nests " Were slunk ; all but the wakeful...nightingale ; " She all night long her amorous descant sung." To record anciently signified to sing. So, in Sir Philip Sydney's Ourania, by NB [Nicholas Breton]... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...throne attend. 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, Wore slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence... | |
 | Classical philology - 1821 - 494 pages
...grey Had in her sober livery all things clad; ". ' They to their grassy couch, these to their nesti Were slunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased; now glowed the firmament With livid Sapphires; Hesperus that led The starry... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...retiring to rest: Now came still ev'ning on, and twilight grey Had in her sober liv'ry all things clad. Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nesta Were slunk; all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung ; Silence... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...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...nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung. Silence was pteas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus that led The starry... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1847 - 648 pages
...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...but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her am'rous descant sung ; Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...sense; And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate To govern men and guide the state." WHITEHEAD, SECTION V. Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their...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 - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...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 descant sung : Silence... | |
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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... 
