 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
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...sight, Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal shining quiver ; 15 Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe, how short soever : Thou that makest a day of night, Goddess excellently bright. 6. Excellently : there was once a much stronger... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 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 ! FROM CATILINE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY. Act V. Scene 5. # * * * You might have lived in servitude or... | |
 | Frederic Swartwout Cozzens - 1870 - 368 pages
...with wished right, 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. And here is something quaint and tough, for such... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 556 pages
...silver chair, State in wonted manner keep. . . . Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal shining quiver ; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe, how short soever. ' 1 In the end, bidding the dancers to unmask, Cynthia shows that the vices have disguised themselves... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 556 pages
...silver chair, State in wonted manner keep. . . . Lay thy bow of pearl apart, .And thy crystal shining quiver ; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe, how short soever.' * In the end, bidding the dancers to unmask, Cynthia shows that the vices have disguised themselves... | |
 | Literary bouquet - 1872 - 180 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. ELIZABETH AND RALEIGH. TRADITION has ascribed Raleigh's personal introduction to Elizabeth... | |
 | 1923 - 748 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 448 THE CLOUDS HAVE LEFT THE SKY THE clouds have left the sky, The wind hath left the sea,... | |
 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - 1988 - 330 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 mak'st day of night, Goddess excellently bright. From Jonson's The Poetaster, acted 1601: If I freely may... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - 1995 - 682 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,...Thou that mak'st a day of night, Goddess excellently bright.1 FIG. 19. ARTEMIS 34. Venus (Aphrodite), goddess of love and beauty, was, according to the... | |
 | H. A. Guerber, Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1993 - 500 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 Jonim. CHAPTER VII: VENUS The Birth of Venus VENUS (Dione, Aphrodite, Cytherea), the goddess of... | |
| |
