 | Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 pages
...her fpft Lays, Others in ill vcr Lakes and Rivers lath'd • . .. * f . . Then Their downy Breaft: The Swan with arched Neck, Between her white Wings mantling, proudly rows Her State with oary Feet; yet oft they quit The Dank, and, ruing on ftiff Pennons, tow'r The mid aerial... | |
 | Virgin muse - 1722 - 250 pages
...all Night tun'd her foft lays•,. Others on filver Lakes and Rivers bath'd Their downy Breaft •, the Swan with arched Neck Between her white Wings mantling proudly, rows Her ftate with Oary Feet : yet oft they quit The Dank, and rifing on ftiff Pennons, towre The mid Aereal Sky.. Others on ground... | |
 | Henry Needler - 1735 - 252 pages
...Plumes unfold ; His painted Wings, and Breaft that flames with Gold ? Windfor-Foreft. By Mr. Pope. * The Swan, with Arched Neck Between her white Wings mantling proudly, rows Her State with 0ary Feet. Miltoni £ Our plenteous Streams a various Race fupplys The bright ey'd Penh... | |
 | John Milton - 1750 - 716 pages
...addre&'d Ta tie nightingale. Others on filver lakes and rivers bath'd Their downy breafl; the fwan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows ' Her ftate with oary feet ; yet oft they quit 440 The dank, and riling on ftiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : Others on... | |
 | John Milton - 1750 - 682 pages
...fong, dreu'd Ta tbt nightingalt. Others on iilver lakes and rivers bath'd Their downy breaft ; the fwan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her ftate with oary feet ; yet oft they quit 443 The dank, and rifing on itiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : Others on... | |
 | Richard Hurd, William Mason - 1757 - 88 pages
...the fame, or the ideas fimilar, will look like imitation. Milton fays finely of the Swaat — • — The Swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly ROWS HER STATE — I fhould think he might probably have that line of Fletcher in his head, How like a Swan... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 608 pages
...night tun'd her foft lays: Others on filver lakes and rivers bath'd Their downy breafl; the fwan,with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows •Her ftate with oary feet; yet oft they quit 440 The dank, and rifing on fliff pennons, tower The mid aereal lky: Others on ground... | |
 | John Milton - 1767 - 448 pages
...all night tun'd her foft lays : Others on fiher lakes and rivers bath'd Their downy breaft ; the fwan with arched neck , Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her ftate with oary feet;, yet oft they quit. 44* The dank, and rtfmg on ftiflf pennons, tower The mid aereal flcy : others on... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 464 pages
...but none with that juftice of defcription, and in fo pifturefque a manner, as our Milton. The fwan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling, proudly rows Her ftate with oary feet. Par. Loft, B. VII. But But we cannot help thinking that he had here an eye to that beautiful pafiage... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1778 - 570 pages
...and with feveral of the attributes that our author has given them. See FARAD. L. vii. 438. feq. • ' The SWAN with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her ftate with oary feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and rifing on ftiff pennons, tower The mid aereal fky : Others on ground... | |
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Their downy breast ; the swan, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and rising on stiff pennons tower The mid aerial sky. 
