 Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet...  Le paradis perdu - Sida 112efter John Milton - 1837 - 495 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806
...canopy,') is stale," to be understood in the description of the swan in the ~th book of Paradise Lost : The swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling, proudly rows Her state with pary feet. — ie the swan with arched neck, between the mantling of her white wings, proudly rows... | |
 | 1806 - 304 sidor
...they pass, fann'd with unnumber'd plumes : From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solac'd the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even, nor then the solemn nightingale Ceas'd warbling, but all night tun'd her soft lays : Others on silver lakes and rivers bath'd Their... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806
...found among the ancient writers, notj witstanding their great partiality to this bird. The s wait, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling, proudly rows Her state with wary feet. I find by an act of Edw. IV. c. 6. " no one, possessing a freehold of less clear yearly... | |
 | John Milton - 1807
...warbling, but all night tun'd her' soft lays : ' Others on silver lakes and rivets bath'd ..'•'•" , Their downy breast ; the swan, with arched neck, Between her white wings, mantling proudly ion Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit 440 The dank, and rising on stiff peuons, tower The... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809
...me infected with the spirit of Lauder, if I give you another of Milton's imitations: " — — — The swan with arched neck " Between her white wings...mantling proudly, rows " Her state with oary feet." Book VII, v. 438, &c. " The ancient poets, says Mr. Richardson, have not hit upon this heauty ; so... | |
 | Henry Headley - 1810
...30.) that Milton in his justly admired description of the swan, had a passage of Donne in his eye: the swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling +, proudly rows Her state with oary feet. Milton. The jealous swan, there swimming in his pride, With his arch'd breast the waters did divide,... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 646 sidor
...mnofiyj is state," to be understood in the description of the fiwan in the /th book of Paradise Lost: The swan with arched neck Between her white wings...mantling, proudly rows Her state with oary feet.— ue. the swan with arched neck, between the mantling of her •bite wings, proudly rows her canopy,... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1810 - 524 sidor
...notice of it; but none with that justness of description and in so picturesque a manner as our Milton. The swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling, proudly rows Her state with oary feet— /"an Lest,. Book vii. In ancient times it was served up at every great feast, •when the elegance... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810
...they pass, fann'd with unnumlier'd plumes : From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solac'd the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even, nor then the solemn nightingale Ceas'd warbling, but all night tun'd her soft lays : Others on silver lakes and rivers bath'd Their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...nightingafo Ceas'd warbling, but all night tun'J her soft, lays: Others, on silver lakes and rivers, batb'd Their downy breast ; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings mantling proudly, tan Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, to»er The... | |
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