 | 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
...flower, G list"ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft show'rs : and sweet the coming on Cf grateful evening mild ; then silent night With this...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
...dew ; 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... | |
 | Books - 1799 - 686 pages
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 | 1799 - 612 pages
...3^5-3 Our correction is supported, by the practice of the best English poets ; ex. gr. from Milton : " But neither breath of Morn, when she ascends With...delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glist'ring u-itli dew ; oar fragrance after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent night With this,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - Birds - 1799 - 172 pages
...with cieiv ; 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... | |
 | Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...flow'r, Glist'ring with dew : fragrant the fertile earth After soft show'rs : and sweet the coming on « Of grateful evening mild: then silent night, With...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
..." Glist'ring with dew : fragrant (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
...flower, Glistering with dew : fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night, With...On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent night, With... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...flower, Glist'ring with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth 645 After soft show'rs : and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild; then silent night With this...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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Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower... 
