 Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy...  The Literature of the Age of Elizabeth - Page 99by Edwin Percy Whipple - 1869 - 364 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 pages
...with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright ! Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal shining quiver ; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe,...mak'st a day of night, Goddess excellently bright ! There is such a fulness of inspiration about the old poets, such prodigality of fancy and imagery,... | |
 | Theocritus - Pastoral poetry, Greek - 1866 - 400 pages
...with wished sight, Goddess, excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal shining quiver; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe,...mak'st a day of night, Goddess, excellently bright.' Cynthia's Revels. ' By bold Medea, terrible as fair, Or Perimeda of the golden hair.' — P. 16. Medea,... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal shining quiver; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe,...mak'st a day of night, Goddess, excellently bright. ODE ON THE PASSIONS. Ben Jorson. WHEN Music, heavenly maid! was young, While yet in early Greece she... | |
 | Gems - English poetry - 1866 - 168 pages
...with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright ! Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal-shining quiver ; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe how short soever, Thou that makest a day of night, Goddess excellently bright ! 134 DON QUIXOTE'S LOVE-MADNESS. ( Cervantes. )... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal- shining quiver; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe...mak'st a day of night, Goddess excellently bright. BEN JONSON-. MIDNIGHT. 'Tis midnight : on the mountains brown The cold, round moon shines deeply down... | |
 | American essays - 1867 - 1052 pages
...; Give unty the Hying hart Space to breathe how short Foev.-r, — Thou that mak'sta day of ni^ht, Goddess excellently bright.'* If, as Jonson's adversaries..."every line of his poetry cost him a cup of sack," \ve must, even in our more temperate days, pardon him the eighteen cups which, in this melodious lyric,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1867 - 360 pages
...excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart And thy crystal-shining quiver ; Give unto the Hying hart Space to breathe, how short soever: Thou that...mak'st a day of night, Goddess excellently bright! LXXIX B. Jonson WISHES FOR THE SUPPOSED MISTRESS Whoe'er she be, That not impossible She That shall... | |
 | W. Spalding - English literature - 1867 - 446 pages
...excellently bright! Dare itself to interpose: Cynthia's shining orb was made Lay thy bow of pearl apart, Space to breathe, how short soever; Thou that mak'st a day of night, Goddess excellently bright! And thy crystal shining quiver; Give unto the flying hart conceits as bad as any thing to be found... | |
 | British dramatists - Quotations, English - 1868 - 138 pages
...with wished sight, Goddess, excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal shining quiver ; Give unto the flying hart * , Space to breathe,...mak'st a day of night, Goddess, excellently bright. Ben Jon son. INDEX. Action Honourable in All— Webster, ... 47 Advantages of Travel, The — Beaumont... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1869 - 526 pages
...with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright! Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal shining quiver : Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe,...mak'st a day of night, Goddess excellently bright ! — Ibid, TO MY SON. WHAT I shall leave thee none can tell, But all shall say I wish thee well :... | |
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