 | Edward Jesse - 1832 - 340 pages
...heightened than by the * contemplation of the structure of the most gigantic ' animals.' . i the iwan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows • Her state with oary feet.'—MILTON. LIVING on the banks of the Thames, I have often been pleased with seeing the care... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1832 - 566 pages
...heightened than by the ' contemplation of the structure of the most gigantic 'animals.' THE SWAN. — — ' The swan, with arched neck ' Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows 1 Her state with oary feet.' MILTON. LIVING on the banks of the Thames, I have often been pleased with... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...nightingale Ceas'd warbling, but all night tun'd her soft lays : Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bath'd Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck Between...feet. Yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff penons, tower The mid aerial sky. Others on ground Walk'd firm ; the crested cock whose clarion sounds... | |
 | John Milton - 1836 - 348 pages
...song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even; nor then the solemn nightingale 435 Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays:...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 Walk'd firm;... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 pages
...song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays....mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet; yet of they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : others on ground Walk'd... | |
 | 1836 - 558 pages
...winga Till even, nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lay*: Others on silver lakes and rivers bathed Their downy...; yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff penons, tower The mid aerial sky: others on ground Walk'd firm; the crested cock, whose clarton sounds... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 510 pages
...song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays...mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft ihey quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : others on ground Walk'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 512 pages
...song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even ; nor' then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays....mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet; yet of they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : others on ground Walk'd... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 pages
...with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays....mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet; yet of they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : others on ground Walk'd... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pages
...warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays : Others on soft lakes and rivers bathed Their downy breasts ; the swan with arched neck Between her white wings...pennons, tower The mid aerial sky : others on ground Walked firm ; the crested cock whose clarion sounds The silent hours, and the other whose gay train... | |
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Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet... 
