 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 էջ
...but all night tuned he» 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 withoary feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stifl'pcnons, tower The mid aerial sky.... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 էջ
...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 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 aereal sky. Others on... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 էջ
...but all night tun'd her soft lays : Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bath'd Their downy breast ; l the fraud descry, And bid his fellows from the danger fly) Close lo Ihe ground in expectation lie yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : others on ground... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 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 aerial sky: others on ground... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 էջ
...but all night tun'd her soft lays : Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bath'd Their downy breast ; nd measur'd back his steps to oory feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : others... | |
 | George Willson - 1844 - 300 էջ
...warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays : Others on silver lakes and rivers bathed Their downy breast ; the swan, w.ith 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... | |
 | 1903 - 848 էջ
...with himH-he attracted the attention of Shakespeare. It is worth noting that while the swan, which With arched neck, Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet, so often and so exquisitely referred to by Milton, and the "wakeful nightingale," an equal favorite... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1845 - 510 էջ
...will live nearly a hundred years. Milton prettily says, referring to this noble creature — * * * " The swan, with arched neck, Between her white wings...mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet." Swans abound, in a wild state, in the northern parts of the world, especially in Siberia. And great... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1846 - 704 էջ
...four verses in order to offer a remark. Others, on diver lakes and rivere, bathed Their downy brennt : 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, in: Frequently as the great poet pauses... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1846 - 696 էջ
...a remark. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast : the swan with arehed neek Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet, yet oft they quit The dank, and rising on stiff pennons, tower, &e. Frequently as the great poet pauses... | |
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Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet... 
