 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
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 564 pages
...in the day, " As shaming anie eye should thee behold — ." So, Milton's Paradise Lost, book iv. : " These to their nests " Were slunk ; all but the wakeful...; " She all night long her amorous descant sung." To record anciently signified to sing. So, in Sir Philip Sydney's Ourania, by NB [Nicholas Breton]... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...Mam and Eve, retiring to rest: Now came still ev'ning on, and twilight grey Had in her sober liv'ry all things clad. Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nesta Were slunk; all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung ; Silence... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and hird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 pages
...sense, and takes the ravish'd soul. EVENING. Milton. Now came still evening on ; and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad : — Silence...night long, her amorous descant sung. Silence was pleas'd.' Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rose... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...and variety of numbers, than that of Milton : — Now eatng still evening on, and twilight gray Had m her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied...all night long her amorous descant sung. Silence was pteas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest,... | |
 | 1847 - 648 pages
...past four, and sets at seventeen minutes after seven. " Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence...but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her am'rous descant sung ; Silence was pleased. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pages
...sense; And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate To govern men and guide the state." WHITEHEAD, SECTION V. Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their...all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long he* am'rous descant sung: Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament ' With living sapphires: Hesperus,... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 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...things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, "Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...Adam and Eve's Conversation and Evening Worship. NOW came still evening on, and twilight gray Had itt her sober livery all things clad. Silence accompanied...and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nest Were sunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung : Silence... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1823 - 194 pages
...water, and found the carriage waiting for us. We left Mr. • and his interesting family just as " — came still evening on, And twilight gray had in her sober livery All things clad." My companions complained that they could not see the scenery, but I, who 151 am fond of contrast, discovered... | |
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