 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 - Seite 2171808Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | H. C. Foster - 1853 - 378 Seiten
...odors breathe through purpled air, And wings, whose colors glittered on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display ; The form ethereal bursts...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,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - 374 Seiten
...odors breathe through purpled air, And wings, whose colors glittered on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display ; The form ethereal bursts...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 Seiten
...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...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 - 1855 - 272 Seiten
...hreathe 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 of similar brilliance occurs in " Piety, or the Vision"— " A sudden splendour seem'd to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 Seiten
...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 of similar brilliance occurs in " Piety, or the Vision "— " A sudden splendour seem'd to... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 Seiten
...Celestial odors fill the purple 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 - 1856 - 396 Seiten
...odors breathe thro' purpled 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... | |
 | Edward Hayes (collector of ballads) - 1856 - 442 Seiten
...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 at first the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and wist not what to do ; Surprise... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 Seiten
...breathe through purpled 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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