 | Edward Jesse - 1832 - 566 էջ
...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... | |
 | 1836 - 558 էջ
...warbling, but all night tuned her soft lay*: Others on silver lakes and rivers bathed Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff penons, tower The mid aerial sky: others on ground... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 էջ
...warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings 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... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - 1837 - 418 էջ
...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 ;... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 էջ
...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 mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aerial sky : others on ground... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 էջ
...but all night tuned her soft lays. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast ; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 512 էջ
...but all night tuned her soft lays. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed * Their downy breast ; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 510 էջ
...but all night tuned her soft lays : Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast ; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings 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... | |
 | Percy Bolingbroke St. John - 1838 - 208 էջ
...but all night tuned her soft lays : Others, on silver lakes and rivers bathed Their downy breast ; the swan, with arched neck Between her white wings 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... | |
 | Mary Ashdowne - 1839 - 328 էջ
...echoes a sounding waterfall; or where a glimpse may be caught of a piece of crystal water, upon which " The swan, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling, proudly rows Her state with oary feet." From this we are led to make our observations upon the careful industry of man, which unlike the "... | |
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Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet... 
