 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 Port Folio - Page 2191808Full view - About this book
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back, their gradual plumes display. The form etherial bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. Though loud, at first, the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and wist not what to do ; Surprise,... | |
 | Wynnard Hooper - Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) - 1824 - 552 pages
...whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form etherial bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. " Tho' loud at first the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and wist not what to do ; Surprize... | |
 | 1824 - 558 pages
...whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form etherial bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. " Tho' loud at first the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and wist not what to do ; Surprize... | |
 | Charles Swan - Latin prose literature, Medieval and modern - 1824 - 566 pages
...whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form etherial bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. " Tho' loud at first the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and wist not what to do; Surprize... | |
 | Romani - 1824 - 548 pages
...whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form etherial bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. " Tho' loud at first the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and wist not what to do ; Surprize... | |
 | Charles Swan - Latin prose literature, Medieval and modern - 1824 - 596 pages
...whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form etherial bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. " Tho' loud at first the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and wist not what to do; Surprize... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...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. Tho' loud at first the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and wist not what to do ; Surprise,... | |
 | John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...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. 7. Though loud, at first, the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and wist not what to do; Surprise,... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1833 - 318 pages
...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 at first the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and wist not what to do ; Surprise... | |
 | 1840 - 546 pages
...: And wings, whose colours glittered in 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. Or the following couplet from the Vision of Piety : — A breeze came breathing in, a sweet perfume,... | |
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