| Sir Richard Steele - 1712 - 418 pages
...grateful Evening mild ; the /ilent Night, With this herfolemn Bird, and thtf fair Moan,' And thefe the Gems of Heaven her Starry Train. But neither Breath of Morn whenflie afcends, With Charm of enrliefl Birds, nor rijing Sun In this delightful Land, nor Herb, Fruit,... | |
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...fragrant the fertile earth After soft show'rs : and sweet the coming on Cf grateful evening mild ; then silent night With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heav'n, her starry train: But neither breath of morn, when she ascends 650 With charm of earliest birds... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...fragrant the fertile earth After soft show'rs ; and sweet the coming on 646 Of grateful ev'ning mild; then silent Night With this her solemn bird, and this fair Moon, And these the gems of Heav'n, her starry train : But neither breath of Morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - Birds - 1799 - 172 pages
...fragrant the fertile earth Afcr soft show'rs; and sweet the coming on Of grateful ev'ning mild ; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heav'n, her srarry train : But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...the fertile earth " After soft show'rs, and sweet the coming on " Of grateful evening mild : then, silent night " With this her solemn bird, and this...But neither breath of morn, when she ascends " With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun " On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, " Glist'ring... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...the fertile earth " After soft show'rs, and sweet the coming on " Of grateful evening mild : tben, silent night " With this her solemn bird, and this...But neither breath of morn, when she ascends " With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun " On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, " Glist'ring... | |
| Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...fragrant the fertile earth After soft show'rs : and sweet the coming on « Of grateful evening mild: then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heav'n, her starry train. But neither breath of morn, when she ascends, With charms of earliest birds... | |
| John Dryden - English prose literature - 1800 - 712 pages
...(he fertile earth " After soft show'rs, and sweet the coming on " Of grateful evening mild : then, silent night " With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, " And these th£ gems of heaven, her starry train : " But neither breath of morn, when she ascends " With charm... | |
| Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night, With this her solemn bird ; and this...But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...fragrant the fertile earth 645 After soft show'rs : and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild; then silent night With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heav'n, her starry train : But neither breath of morn, when she ascends. 650 With charm of earliest... | |
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