 With living saphirs ; Hesperus that led eos The starry host rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve: fair consort,...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Seite 135von John Milton - 1834Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 Seiten
...pleas'd: now glow'd the firmament With livid saphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brighest, till the moon Rising in clouded majesty, at length...Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the d:irk her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve. Fair Consort, th' hour Of night, and all things... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 Seiten
...sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led 605 The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon, Rising...threw. When Adam thus to Eve: Fair Consort, th' hour 61 o Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose, since God hath set Labour... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 Seiten
...sung; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With livid sapphires : Hesperus, that led 605. The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon Rising...mantle threw. WHEN Adam thus to Eve. Fair Consort, th 1 hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest 611 Mind us of like repose, since God hath set... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 652 Seiten
...and majestic circle of Skiddaw, •• till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length A potent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw;"— when the long-protracted shades the mountains cast on the bosom of the lake, showed the vastness of those... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 Seiten
...descant sung: Silence was pleas'd: now glow*d the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperiu, that ltd The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon. Rising...threw. When Adam thus to Eve: " Fair consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now rctir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose, since God hath set Labour and... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1804 - 352 Seiten
...than in the following instance : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, o'er all Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Since... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 Seiten
...Silence was pleas'd : now glbw'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that led The starrj' host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded...threw. When Adam thus to Eve: " Fair consort, th" hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose, since God hath set Labour and... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 Seiten
...«ung ; Silence was pleas'd ; now ^low'd the nrnumcnt With living sapphirs : Нс.чрегш, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon •Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen, unveiled her pterless light, And o'er the dark lier silvef mantle threw. MILTON. As when the moon,... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1809 - 272 Seiten
...east: after conjunction they are turned to the west. How beautifully is the moon described by Milton : -till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length,...light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Book iv. line 6()6. Charles. I see the figure is intended to show that the moon's orbit is elliptical:... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 Seiten
...descant sung: Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living saphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising...threw. When Adam thus to Eve : "Fair consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest, Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set JLabour and... | |
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