...had •more energy; we have more of the wantoning of the imagination, and1 , the conjuring up a fairy vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play in the plighted clouds. It is not necessary to decide whether the ancient or the modem poetry is best;...

...malevolence. How unlike the the spirits which floated in the entranced vision of onr southern poet! " the gay creatures of the element That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' the plighted clouds." Yet what is ' the Monastery,' how skilful soever may be its construction,...

...malevolence. How unlike the spirits which floated in the entranced vision of onr southern poet ! " the gay creatures of the element That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' the plighted clouds." Yet what is ' the Monastery,' how skilful soever may be its construction,...

...Uooli, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit: " Fanny. ' A fairy vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live— And play in the plighted clouds-' Milton. Second edition." agement of tanrjintg. by securing the copies of maps,...

...empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven-down Of darkness till it smiled ! I took it for a fairy vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' th' plighted clouds." Comus. ON the following midnight Lewen again sought the scene of his conference...

...has been published, but does not appear to have had a very extensive circulation. FANNY. " A fairy vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live — And play in the plighted clouds." — MILTON. I. FANNY was younger once than she is now, And prettier of course...

...retention of the admired powers of this excellent artist. j Iris and her Train. — Henry Howard, RA " Gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play in the plighted clouds." We are always delighted with Mr. Howard's poetical pictures; their brilliancy...

...vine, That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I...That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i'the plighted clouds. I was awe-struck, And, as I pass'd, I worship'd ; if those you seek, It were...

...drop from the skies, like rain through an April sun.* * Webb on the beauties of painting. " —— gay creatures of the element That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' the plighted clouds." Com us, \. 299. Notwithstanding the beauty, softness, and enchanting effect...

...Comus, thus alludes to this platonic idea : — I took it for a fairy vision Of some gay creature in the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' th' plighted clouds. Shakespeare is the only writer, who has alluded to the colours, which are reflected...