 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 - Page 325by Dante Alighieri - 1886Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1809 - 660 pages
...park gates, • Still evening came on, and twilight Had in lier sober 1 '• cry all things clad :' Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were sunk, all but the wakeful nightin' The youth wandered over the Castle demesnes, his «out, as it were,... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad; . Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were...wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descaot sung; Silence was pleas'd: now glow'd the firmament With livid saphires : Hesperus, that led... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...twilight grey Had in her sober liv'ry all things clad ; Silence accompany'd ; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were...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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...and twilight grey Had in her soher livVy all things elad ; Silence accompanied; for heast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk; all hut the wakeful nightingale; She all night long heram'rous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd ; now... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...and twilight gray Had in her soher livery all things clad; Silence accompanied ; for heast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all hut the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd : now... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 320 pages
...Milton: " Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad : Q Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to...their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk With living saphirs." —now glowed the firmament Seated upon a rock, we for a long time contemplated... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 526 pages
...divine 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 their nests, Were slunk • With living saphirs." • now glowed the firmament Seated upon a rock, we for a long time contemplated... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...The pret. and part. pass, ot liing. SLUNK. The pret. and part. pass, of slink. Silence accompany 'd ; for beast, and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nosts, Were slunk. Milton. To SLUK. -ja [sloorig, Dutch, lusty ; iloore, a slut.] i. To sully , to... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...wisdom, which alone is truly fair. A DESCRIPTION of NIGHT. (MILTON.) Silence accompanied ; for bea*t and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their...night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs j Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...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...night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With livid saphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest,... | |
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