QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess, excellently bright! Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose: Cynthia's... English Lyrics - Page 751890 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...rude scene may em}, And darkness be the burier of the dead ! HYMN to CYNTHIA. (S. yofrsoif.) QUEEJ«, and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the Sun is laid...silver chair, State in wonted manner keep : Hesperus intreats thy light, Goddess, excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose... | |
| Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 780 pages
...and give it life by sight. SCENE VI. Hesperus, Cynthia, Arete, Time, Phronesis, Thauina. THE HYMN. " Queen, and huntress, chaste and fair, " Now the sun...thy silver chair, ' " State in wonted manner keep 10 : " Hesperus entreats thy light, " Goddess excellently bright. " Earth, let not thy envious shade... | |
| Ben Jonson - 1811 - 790 pages
...Hesperus, Cynthia, Arete, Time, Phroncsis, Thaumu. THE HYMN. " Queen, and huntress chaste and fair, " Mow the sun is laid to sleep, " Seated in thy silver chair,...in wonted manner keep '" : " Hesperus entreats thy liçht, " Goddess excellently bright. " Earth, let not thy envious shade " Dare itself to interpose... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1815 - 156 pages
...Masks than by the single production of that most accomplished invocation to Diana in Cynthia's Revels ; Queen and huntress, chaste and fair. Now the sun is...in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep*; Ac. but to conclude the specimens from the more decided Mask, the following passage may be taken from... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 568 pages
...III. Enter HESPERUS, CYNTHIA, ARETE, TIME, PHRONESIS, and THAUMA. Music accompanied. HESPERUS sings. Queen, and huntress,' chaste and fair, Now the sun...Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess, excellently bright. 5 And deck'd thy statues with discolonr'd^oaiw*:] ie with flowers of different colours. So in David... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...favourable point of view. His Hymn to Diana, in ' Cynthia's Revels,' is remarkably elegant and melodious. ' Queen and huntress chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver car State in wonted manner keep. Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...favourable point of view. His Hymn to Diana, in ' Cynthia's Revels,' is remarkably elegant and melodious. ' Queen and huntress chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver car State in wonted manner keep. Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 568 pages
...bears her pleasant weight " Be still enamell'd with discolour'd flowers." And in Britannia's Pastorals, Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heav'n to clear, when day did close : Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright.... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...Many of thine this better could, than I, But for their powers, accept my piety. FROM CYNTHIA'S REVELS. QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the Sun is...silver chair, State in wonted manner keep : Hesperus intreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...sent'st it back to me; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself but thee! HYMN TO CYNTHIA. QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is...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 mak'st... | |
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