| Virgil - 1803 - 352 pages
...Now when the night her middle race had rode, And his first slumber had refresh'd the god — - 540 The time when early housewives leave the bed ; When...the maids to rise ;— With yawning mouths, and with half open'd eyes, They ply the distaff by the winking light, 545 And to their daily labour add the... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 656 pages
...primum, Cui tolerare colo vitam tenuique Minerva, Impositum, cinerem et sopitos stacitat ignes, &c. Now when the night her middle race had rode, The time...housewives leave the bed, When living embers on the hearth are spread. . DRYDEN. THE SIX BARDS. 431 west. Slow moves that pale beam along the shaded hill. The... | |
| Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 328 pages
...the Night her middle race had rode, * « . x , And his first slumber had refresh'd the god — 5-W The time when early housewives leave the bed : When...lamp, and call the maids to rise; — With yawning mouthy and with half-open 'd «yes, They ply the distaff by the wjnking light, 545 And to their daily... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 376 pages
...slumher had refresh'd the god — 540 The time when early housewives leave the hed ; When living emhers on the hearth they spread, Supply the lamp, and call the maids to rite : With yavrning moutbs, and with hnlf-open'd 63-6!, They ply the distaff by the twinkling light,... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 432 pages
...rest. Now when the night her middle race had rode, And his first slumber had refreshed the god — The time when early housewives leave the bed; When...the maids to rise; — With yawning mouths, and with half-opened eyes, They ply the distaff by the winking light, And" to their daily labour add the night:... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 pages
...pleasing rest. New when the night her middle rac* had rode, And his first slumber had refresh'd the god ; The time when early housewives leave the bed ; When...living embers on the hearth they spread ; Supply the Jatnp, and call the maids to rise, With yawning mouths, and with half-open'd eyes; They ply the distaff... | |
| 1813 - 420 pages
...rest. Now when the Night her middle race had rode, And his first slumber had refresh'd the god — The time when early housewives leave the bed : When...lamp, and call the maids to rise; — With yawning months and with half open'd eyes, They ply the distaff by the winking light, And to their daily labour... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 442 pages
...rest. Now when the night her middle race had rode, And his first slumber had refresh'd the god — The time when early housewives leave the bed ; When...maids to rise ; — With yawning mouths, and with half-opeu'd eyes, They ply the distaff by the winking light, And to their daily labour add the night... | |
| Virgil - 1825 - 288 pages
...to his arms ; Till, in her lap infus'd,he lay possess'd Of full desire, and sunk to pleasing rest. Now when the night her middle race had rode, The time...housewives leave the bed, When living embers on the hearth are spread, Supply the lamp, and call the maids to rise ;— With yawning mouths, and with half open'd... | |
| Virgil - 1825 - 298 pages
...desire, and sunk to pleasing rest. Now when the night her middle race had rode, • BOOK VIII. SNEIS. 115 The time when early housewives leave the bed, When living embers on the hearth are spread, Supply the lamp, and call the maids to rise ;— With yawning mouths, and with half open'd... | |
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