 Everything around was wrapt in darkness and hushed in silence, broken only by what seemed at that hour the unearthly clank and rush of the train. It was a mild, serene, midsummer's night — the sky was without a cloud — the winds were whist. The moon,...  Annales of the Dudley Observatory - Page lvby Dudley Observatory - 1866Full view - About this book
 | American literature - 1859 - 626 pages
...mild, serene, midsummer night, the sky was without a cloud, the winds were whist. The moon, then in the last quarter, had just risen, and the stars shone...the Pleiades just above the horizon shed their sweet mfluence in the east ; Lyra sparkled near the zenith ; Andromeda vailed her newly-discovered glories... | |
 | 1856 - 964 pages
...serene, midsummer's night, the sky was without, a cloud, the winds were whist. The moon, then in the lost quarter, had just risen, and the stars shone with...above the horizon, shed their sweet influence in the Kast ; Lyra sparkled near the zenith ; Andromeda veiled her newly discovered glories from the naked... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1857 - 690 pages
...serene mid-3nmmer's night ; the sky was without a cloud, the winds were whist. The moon, then in the last quarter, had just risen, and the stars shone...spectral lustre but little affected by her presence ; JDPITEE, two hours high, was the herald of the day, the Pleiades, just above the horizon, shed their... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1857 - 738 pages
...serene mid-summer's night ; the sky was without a cloud, the winds were whist. The moon, then in the last quarter, -had just risen, and the stars shone with a spectral lustre but little aflected by her presence ; JDPITEB, two hours high, was the herald of the day , the Pleiades, just... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...serene midsummer's night — the sky was withont a clond — the winds were whist. The moon, then in the last quarter, had just risen, and the stars shone with a spectral lustre bnt little affected by her presence. Jupiter, two hours high, was the herald of the day; the Pleiades... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...serene midsummer's night : the sky was without a elond, the winds were whist. The moon, then in the last quarter, had just risen, and the stars shone...the Pleiades just above the horizon shed their sweet influcnce in the east ; Lyra sparkled near the zenith ; Andromeda veiled her newly-discovered glorics... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...serene, midsummer's night ; the sky was without a cloud ; the winds were whist. The moon, then in the last quarter, had just risen, and the stars shone...the horizon, shed their sweet influence in the east; Lyraf sparkled near the zenith; Andromeda J veiled her newly-discovered glories from the naked eye... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - Readers - 1864 - 444 pages
...serene, mid-summer's night: the sky was without a cloud : the winds were whist, The moon, then in the last quarter, had just risen ; and the stars shone with a spectral luster but little affected by her presence. Jupiter,* two hours high, was the herald of the day; the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1865 - 798 pages
...serene midsummer's night : the sky was without a cloud, the winds were whist. The moon, then in the last quarter, had just risen, and the stars shone...presence. Jupiter, two hours high, was the herald of the d»y; the Pleiades just above the horizon shed their sweet influence in the east ; Lyra sparkled near... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 586 pages
...midsummer's night, — the sky was without a cloud, — the winds were whist. The moon, then in the last quarter, had just risen, and the stars shone...presence. Jupiter, two hours high, was the herald of t the day ; the Pleiades just above the horizon shed their sweet influence in the east; Lyra sparkled... | |
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