... Detested wretch !" — but scarce his speech began, When the strange partner seem'd no longer man His youthful face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial... How to Read and Declaim - Page 89by Grenville Kleiser - 1779 - 428 pagesFull view - About this book
| English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...rounds of radiant points invest his hah- ; Celestial odors breathe thro' purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display, The form ethereal burst upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. Tho' loud at... | |
| Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. Though loud... | |
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...rounds of radiant points invest his hair; Celestial odours breathe through purpled air; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal burst upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. Though loud... | |
| Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; Aud wings whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, Aud moves in all the majesty of light. Though loud... | |
| Publius Vergilius Maro - 1855 - 474 pages
...of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light." The Hermit.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 272 pages
...of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe through .purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display ; The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, iso And moves in all the majesty of light. Though... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 276 pages
...of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back, their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light." A passage... | |
| Edward Hayes (collector of ballads) - 1856 - 442 pages
...rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe thro' purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. Though loud... | |
| English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal burst upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. Though loud... | |
| Edward Hayes - Ballads, Irish - 1857 - 456 pages
...rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe thro' purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. • Though... | |
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