Six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine: the pair that clad Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And... Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books - Page 116by John Milton - 1820 - 305 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Gibbons - English language - 1767 - 540 pages
...came mantling o'er his bread With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a ftarry zone his waift, and round . Skirted his loins and thighs with downy...feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinftur'd grain. Like MAIA'S fon he flood, And fhook his plumes, that heav'nly fragrance fill'd... | |
| John Milton - 1789 - 278 pages
...mantling o'er his breaft With regal ornament ; the middle pair 28* Girt like a ftarry zone his wafte, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy...feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky tinctur'd grain. Like Maia's fon he ftood, z8j And fhook his plumes, that heav'nly fragrance fill'd... | |
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...of Paradise He lights, and to his proper shape returns A Seraph wing'd ; six wings he wore, to shadt His lineaments divine ; the pair that clad Each shoulder...o'er his breast With regal ornament; the middle pair 289 Girt like a starry zone aiĀ« waist, and round Skirted liis loins and thighs \vith downy gold And... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...came mantling o'er hii With regal ornament ; the middle pair [brcaft Girt like a Hurry zone his wafte, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy...gold And colours dipt in Heav'n ; the third his feet Shadow 'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tincrur'd grain. Like Maia's fon he ftood, And... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...temple, to Egyptian Thebes he flies. At once on th' eastern cliff of Paradise 275 He lights, and to his proper shape returns A Seraph wing'd ; six wings he...o'er his breast With regal ornament; the middle pair .286 Gift like a starry zone his waist, and round ; Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...temple, to Egyptian Thebes he fliet. At once on th' eastern cliff of Paradise 275 He lights, and to his proper shape returns A Seraph wing'd ; six wings he...o'er his breast With regal ornament : the middle pair iSo Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold .And... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 290 pages
...by the representation of Raphael, which equally delights the ear and imagination. A seraph wmg'd : six wings he wore to shade His lineaments divine ;...o'er his breast With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold, And colours... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...A sun-beam was on his skirts ; they glittered like the gold of the stranger. ,] Par. Lost, v. 277. Six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine...o'er his breast With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waste, and round Skirted his lojns and thighs with downy gold. And the... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...temple, to Egyptian Thebes he flies. At cnce on th' eastern cliff of Paradise He lights, and to his proper shape returns, A Seraph wing'd : six wings...divine; the pair, that clad Each shoulder broad, came iruntliug o'er his breast With regal ornament ; the middle, pair Girt like a starry zone his waist,... | |
| 1806 - 346 pages
...of melody will suit the complaints of an absent lover, as of a conquered king. A seraph wing'tl .- six wings he wore to shade His lineaments Divine ; the pair that clad Each shoulder broad, cnme mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament: the middle pair G : rt like a stnrry zone his waist,... | |
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