 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased: now glowed the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest,...  Noctes Ambrosianæ - Página 300por John Wilson, James Hogg, John Gibson Lockhart - 1866Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 410 páginas
...North — " Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest — till the Moon Kising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent Queen ! unveil' d her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." / XXVI. (NOVEMBER 1830.)... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 páginas
...firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveiled...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. MILTON. 7. PERSEVERANCE. TIME hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for Oblivion,... | |
 | Roswell Park - 1857 - 338 páginas
...firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveiled...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." MILTON. Tis evening ; and the sun hath sunk to rest, Mid purple clouds descending ; and the stars,... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 372 páginas
...And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage. MILTOM. n Paa.' till the moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveiled...peerless light And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. PL, iv. 607.] Exercise. By means of working day and night for many weeks, the task was • completed,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 páginas
...firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveiled...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve: " Pair consort, the hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest, Mind... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 664 páginas
...firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveiled...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve : " Fair consort, the hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest, Mind... | |
 | 1857 - 592 páginas
...firmament. With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starrv host, rode brightest till the morn Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light And o'er the dark her silver raantle'threw." If you have never seen a post oak grove, you have missed one of the most pleasing sights... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 416 páginas
...it shines. 23. The pulse of freedom throbs through every vein of the British Empire. 24. " The moon unveiled her peerless light, and o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." 25. The hand of industry had, in a few years, entirely changed the face of the country. 26. Hope illumines... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 páginas
...living sapphires : — Hesperus, — that led The starry host — rode brightest : till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, — at length, Apparent queen,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. — MILTON. NIGHT. Night, sable goddess from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth... | |
 | 1858 - 596 páginas
...firmament, With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest till the morn Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light And o'er the dark her silver mantle'threw." If you have never seen a post oak grove, you have missed one of the most pleasing sights... | |
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