 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...  The divine comedy, tr. by H.W. Longfellow - Page 439by Dante Alighieri - 1867Full view - About this book
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...as now light dispels the dark. DISCOURSE BETWEEN ADAM AND EVE ON RETIRING TO REST. BY TRE SAME. A ow came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her...all things clad; Silence accompanied ; for beast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk. all hut the wakeful nightingale... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 342 pages
...oar, and the carol of the distant boatmen ; in the language of the divine Milton : " Now comfe stHl evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for beasi and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk- — — . now glowed... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...him there Arraying with reflected purple' and gold 596 The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had in...things clad; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ;... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 448 pages
...dashing of the oar, and the carol of the distant boatmen ; in the language of the divine Milton : " Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in...their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk now glowed the firmament With living saphires." Seated upon a rock, we for a long time contemplated... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...left him there Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had in...all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd: Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pages
...the hope he feels not, or with zeal To combat fears that e'en the pious feel ? CRABBE. Moon Light. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in...all night long her amorous descant sung; " ' Silence Silence was pleas'd : now glov/d tte 'firmament With living sapphire; Hesperus, that led The starry... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had iu her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied...night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Hiid in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy conch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...men, and guide the state." weifsnxjtt, SECTION V. DISCOURSE BETWEEN ADAM AND EVE, RETIRING TO HEST" Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nesti Were slunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her am'rous descant sung : ,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 662 pages
...all things dad. Silence accompanied : for beast, and bird, They to their grassy couch, Ihese to Iheir 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 firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus,... | |
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