 | William Russell - 1844 - 428 pages
...Which is read thus, " Of man's first disobedience and the fruit — of that forbidden tree," &c. " Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all tilings clad." Read thus, "Now came still evening on and twilight gray — had in her sober livery,"... | |
 | 1849 - 608 pages
...comet forth sweetness." Here is one of such " dulcedines verae" — the sweetness of a strong man: ' Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things claa; Silence accompany'd ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1845 - 196 pages
...has left us, like the friends of our youth ; while ; winter, cold winter, comes apace ; alas ! too f like the chilling prospect that lies before us in...evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad." These words occur immediately to every poetical mind on the first consideration of... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 pages
...water is often doled out with more caution than the most precious product of the still.— Dr Arnott. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. Milton. Is this the Talbot so much feared abroad That with his name the mothers still... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...and slower. EVENING IN PARADISE DESCRIBED. ADAM AND EVE'S CONVERSATION AND EVENING WORSHIP. MILTON. Now came still evening o'n, and twilight gra'y Ha'd/ in her sober li'very/ all things cla'd. S'ilence accom'panied ; for/ bea'st and bi'rd, The'y to their grassy couc'h, thevse... | |
 | 1845 - 328 pages
...this, if we can leave nothing else, as a heritage to our children. Newburyport, Mats. Jft EVENING. 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 pages
...science whicl treats of language is called Grammar. Writing is the art of making thoughts visible. Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...science which treats of language is called Grammar. Writing is the art of making thoughts visible. Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked... | |
 | William Russell - 1846 - 420 pages
...yellow waves, and mantle her distress !' Repose, Solemnity, and Sublimity. Evening. — Milton. •" 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... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1847 - 538 pages
...has its arsnciations, so nearly resembling those of the seasons, that ¡ it will not be necessary lo examine in their separate characters the natural divisions...justly claim a large share of our attention. " Now rnme mil] evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery «II tliinge clad " These words occur... | |
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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... 
