...by degrees my path, which lay far beneath them. Below me the valley was in comparative darkness, " till the moon, " Rising in clouded majesty, at length...light, " And, o'er the dark, her silver mantle threw." At this juncture my mind was solemnly bent upon those strange scenes through which we are all doomed...

...by degrees my path, which lay far beneath them. Below me the valley was in comparative darkness, " till the moon, " Rising in clouded majesty, at length...light, " And, o'er the dark, her silver mantle threw." At this juncture my mind was solemnly bent upon those strange scenes through which we are all doomed...

...which I had been for some tune gazing, was gradually fading from my view. But the full-orbed moon, " Unveil'd her peerless light," And o'er the dark, her silver mantle threw." The evening was truly delightful ; the gentle breeze had sighed itself to rest ; scarce a leaf trembled...

...firmament With living saphirs : Hesperus that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising ia clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd...• And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. The planet next to Venus is the Earth, of which we shall soon speak at full length. At present I shall...

...long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs ; Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.' Were we inclined to do anything but enjoy this and be thankful—giving ourselves up to its gentleness,...

...the first time, the vault of heaven above him, "glowing with living sapphires." When, first, for him, Hesperus that led The starry host, rode brightest,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Why are not feelings as vivid nightly excited in every one of us? It is not because the heavens have...

...was pleased : now glowed the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry ho«t, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty,...And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.' ' The changes of the light become here a religious procession of vagtM beings who fill the soul witli veneration....

...Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length 4 Apparent queen, unveil'd her * peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Paradise Lost, Book IV. 1 descant, a song divided into parts, or modulations. * sapphire, a precious...

...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...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 us...

...sweet singing of the nightingale; ,,Silence was pleased, now glowed the firmament With living saphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." Thereupon they retire to their bower, a grotto studded and inlaid with richest flowers and shaded with...