 | Virgin muse - 1722 - 250 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Henry Needler - 1735 - 252 Seiten
...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 with Fins of... | |
 | Richard Hurd, William Mason - 1757 - 88 Seiten
...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 fhe SWIMS... | |
 | Richard Farmer - 1767 - 116 Seiten
...bafhfull Rofe." LEARNING OF SHAKESPEARE. jr Lauder, if I give you another of Milton's Imitations : • " The Swan with arched neck " Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows " Her ftate with oary feet." — B. 7. V. 438, &c. " The ancient Poets, fays Mr. Richardfon, have not hit... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1778 - 570 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1791 - 668 Seiten
...general and popular idea of pomp or dignity, STATE is to be underftood, in PA RAD. L. vii. 440. The fwan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling, proudly rows Her STATE with oary feet. Here is an affcfted and unnatural conceit, like too many other?, even in Milton. He means, that the... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 282 Seiten
...nightingale Ceas'd warbling-, but all night tun'd her soft lays : Others on silver lakes aau rivers bath'd Their downy -breast ; the swan with arched neck •...white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oaiy h;et : yit oft they quit 440 The dank, and rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky :... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1799 - 172 Seiten
...philofophy : to look with candour on the conduct of others, and with humble caution on their own. CHAP. VII. From branch to branch, the smaller birds with song...Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays. SEPARATED from his guide, the yellow-hammer, our Canary felt himself, a second time, a stranger in... | |
 | 1800 - 322 Seiten
...theypass, 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... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 Seiten
...imaginable : the eye wanders over every part with pleasure, and every part takes new grace with new motion. The Swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling, proudly rows Her state wit h oary feet. The Swan will swim faster than a man can walk ; it is however but an inelegant figure... | |
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From branch to 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 night tuned her soft lays : Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy... 
