 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
 | 1860
...beautiful and graceful as one of her namesakes, reminding us of Milton's exquisite lines, — " The sunn, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling, proudly rows Her state, with oary feet." ., , , The Swan of tfie Exe has been built, as her name implies, after tbe model of one of the most... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1832 - 313 sidor
...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... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832
...so steers the prudent cram. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bath'd Their downy breast : the man with arched neck, Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary fvtl.— Mitttm'a Ornitcopy. Day. BirfljB. DlMlIl'i. VI. Archbishop (Thomas) Cranmer, 1489, Aslacton,... | |
 | John Milton - 1836 - 312 sidor
...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:...mantling 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... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Young, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, William Collins - 1836 - 530 sidor
...From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solaord the woods, and spread their painted 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 breast; the swan with arched neck, Between... | |
 | John Milton - 1837
...borne on winds ; the air Floats as they pass, fann'd with unnumber'd plumes : From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread...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... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 425 sidor
...they pass, fann'd with unnumber'd plumes : From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solace the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even,...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... | |
 | 1837
...think 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 beauty ;... | |
 | Percy Bolingbroke St. John - 1838 - 168 sidor
...borne on winds; the air Floats as they pass, fanned with unnumbered plumes : From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread...mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet; yet oft they quit The dank, and rising on stiff pennons tower The mid aCrial sky : others on ground Walked... | |
 | 1838 - 373 sidor
...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...mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : Others on ground Walk'd... | |
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