...with him—he attracted the attention of Shakespeare. It is worth noting that while the swan, which " With arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet," so often and so exquisitely referred to by Milton, and the "wakeful nightingale," an equal favourite...

...branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings, Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all...rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit 440 The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aerial sky. Others on ground Walked firm...

...the warm hearth exalts the mantling ale ' ; (2) of such a phrase as Milton, Paradise Lost, vii. 439 : The swan with arched neck Between her white wings...mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet,— in which there seems to be a reference, not bearing strict analysis, to the use of the word in falconry...

...with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings, Till even; nor then the solemn nightingal Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays....dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aerial sky. Others on ground Walked firm — the crested cock, whose clarion sounds The silent hours,...

...branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all...dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aerial sky: others on ground Walk'd firm; the crested cock, whose clarion sounds The silent hours;...

...branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings, Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all...rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit 440 The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aerial sky. Others on ground Walked firm...

...branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings, Till even; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all...proudly, rows Her state with oary feet; yet oft they quit 440 The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aerial sky. Others on ground Walked firm:...

...lays: Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breasts; the swan with arched neck etween her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state...dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aerial sky: others on ground Walked firm; the crested cock, whose clarion sounds The silent hours;...

...branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all...Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breasts ; the swan with arched neck Between her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state with...

...once, Ere to their wintry slumbers they retire. 5059 Thomson : Seasons. Autumn. Line 836, SWANS. Tke swan, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet. 5060 Milton : Par. Lost. Bk. vii. Line 438. The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to...