 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 shining...  The Literature of Society - Page 198by Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862Full view - About this book
 | 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...let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose j Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to cheer, when day did close'; Bless us then with Wished sight,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 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, " State in wonted manner keep '" : " Hesperus entreats thy liçht, " Goddess excellently bright. " Earth, let not thy envious shade " Dare itself... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 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...silver chair, State in wonted manner keep : Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess, excellently bright. 5 And deck'd thy statues with discolonr'd^oaiw*:]... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...thine this better could, than I, But for their powers, accept my piety. FROM CYNTHIA'S KEVKLS. QUKKN + sliade Dare itself to interpose ; . Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear, when day did close... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...Akensidt. NOVEMBER. Under the Protection of Diana. Ipsa coronal emtritot, ct spicnla lergit.— .VM/ QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is...silver chair, State in wonted manner keep Hesperus entreats tint li^lii , Goddeu excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose... | |
 | Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1836 - 436 pages
...the following hymn the same poet speaks of her as Selena, the regent of the night, and as Artemis. " 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.... | |
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