...these to their nests, Were sunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale . She , all night long , her am'rous descant sung . Silence was pleas'd . Now glow'd the...Rising in clouded majesty , at length , Apparent queen , unveil d her peerless light , And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw . 3. When Adam thus to Eve...

...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...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair consort th? hous Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us...

...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...With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry hest, rode brightest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her...

...Were sunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale. She, all night long, her am'rous descant sung; bilence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament . With living...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. 2. When Adam thus to Eve : " Fair consort, th" hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind...

...poets have in all ages made it the theme of their verses ; a few of these we cannot resist giving : -Beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these...night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased. MILTON. And in the violet-embroider'd vale, Where the love-lorn Nightingale Nightly to thee...

...accompanied ; for heast, and hird, They to their gras^ couch, these to their nests, Were slunk; all hut the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous...sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode hrightest; till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unvetl'd her peerless...

...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...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. 2'. When Adam thus to Eve : " Fair consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest,...

...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...night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode...

...wakeful bird," which is repeated in his description of the approach of evening. " Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these...nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung." 29 " Why sleep'st thou Eve ? now is the pleasant time, The cool, the silent, save where silence yields...

...Now came still Evening on, and Twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad ; — — — now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Milton, Par. Lott, Book IV. 598. * Niaovvurloif iroS' upaif, Xrpc^erai or' "Aprroc »/<*') Kard x('Pa...