 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 570 pages
...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,... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1821 - 82 pages
...of a 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,...rainbow live— And play in the plighted clouds-' Milton. Second edition." agement of tanrjintg. by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to... | |
 | 1821 - 274 pages
...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... | |
 | American poetry - 1822 - 298 pages
..." Fanny" 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,...rainbow live — And play in the plighted clouds." — MILTON. I. FANNY was younger once than she is now, And prettier of course : I do not mean To say,... | |
 | Decorative arts - 1824 - 450 pages
...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...the rainbow live, And play in the plighted clouds." We are always delighted with Mr. Howard's poetical pictures; their brilliancy of tint, softened by... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1823 - 220 pages
...clusters from the tender shoots; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, 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... | |
 | William Coxe - Artists - 1823 - 320 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 416 pages
...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... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That...the rainbow live, And play in the plighted clouds, I was awe-struck, And, as I pass'd, I worshipp'd : if those you seek, It were a journey like the path... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. JWilton's Comus. 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. Ibid. Beautiful Spirit ! with thy hair of light, And dazzling eyes of glory,... | |
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