 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
 | Epes Sargent - Religious poetry, English - 1854 - 388 pages
...air, And wings, whose colors glittered 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 gazed, and wist not what to do ; Surprise,... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1855 - 474 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." The Hermit. See also the Wanderer of Savage, canto v., whore the Hermit announces himself as having quitted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 276 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." A passage of similar brilliance occurs in " Piety, or the Vision "— " A sudden splendour seem'd to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 272 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." A passage of similar brilliance occurs in " Piety, or the Vision"— " A sudden splendour seem'd to... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...airj And wing?, whose colors glitter'd on the day, Wide at his Ijack their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light Another very interesting piece of Parnell's is his ballad, "Edwin of the Green, a fairy tale, in the... | |
 | Edward Hayes (collector of ballads) - 1856 - 442 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... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 pages
...And wings, whose colors glittered on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display 8 died ! 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 gazed, and wist not what to do ; Surprise,... | |
 | Edward Hayes - Ballads, English - 1856 - 396 pages
...air ; And wings, whose colors 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...purple air; And wings, whose colors glitterd 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. Another very interesting piece of ParncU's is his ballad, "Edwin of the Green, a fairy tale, in the... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...air ; And wings, whose colours glittered 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 gazed, and wist not what to do; Surprise,... | |
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