 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 pages
...who * Ver. Ui. f Cant. ii. ver. 21. J Ver. 37, who are thus painted with a rich exuberance of fancy : Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on...or sink in clouds of gold : Transparent forms, too thin for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolv'd in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...whispers breathe, That seem'd but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms too line for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolv'd in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - Entomology - 1818 - 552 pages
...and joy in the effulgence of the Divine favoura. The bard of Twickenham, from the terms in which his beautiful description of his sylphs is conceived in...to have witnessed the pleasing scene here described : a The authors of this work were the witnesses of the magnificent scene here described. It ivas on... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...repair : Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seem'd but zephyrs to the train brneath. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or eink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolved... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...Soft o'er the .shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seem'd but zephyrs to the train beneath. Seine to the Sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; POPE. Transparent forms, too 6ne for mortal sight. Their fluid bodies half dissolv'd in light. Loose... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, 'lh.it seem'd but zephyrs to the train beneath, ^ome for Hearne alone ; And books for Mead, and butterflies for Sloane : 10 Think we all these are fo fora» too fine for mortal sight, Txir thud bodies half dissolved in light. Loose to the wind their... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...repair: Soft o'er the shrouds aè'real whispers breathe. That seem'd but zephyrs to the train benealii. #H o ;, CASTO I. POPE. CAJTTO TIL Transparent forms, too fine for morlnl sight. Their Huid bodies half dissolv'd... | |
 | 1841 - 780 pages
...Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick,"t we almost expect to meet Ariel, and to sec the sylphs " their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ;"t while their garments float upon the air, " Dipp'd in the richest tincture of the skies."$ From... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...repair : Soft o'er the shrouds ae'real whispers breathe. That secm'd but zephyrs to the train beneath. ombat, or assist the fray. While through the press enrag'd Thalestris flics. And scatter ; CANTO I. POPE. CANTO in. Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolv'd... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...repair: Soft o'er the shrouds ae'real whispers breathe, That seem'd but zephyrs to the train beneath. ie expos'd, The utmost border of his kingdom, left To their defence who hold it : here p ; POPE. CANTO IIl. Transparent farms, too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolv'd... | |
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The impending woe sat heavy on his breast. He summons straight his denizens of air; The lucid squadrons round the sails repair: Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect wings... 
