| 1832 - 542 halaman
...slow movement," and indeed, you are constantly reminded by it of those exquisite lines of Milton — " The swan, with arched neck, Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet." True it is that "silent now rows Adrian's gondolier," but we cannot add " and pity 'tis,... | |
| 1860 - 740 halaman
...beautiful and graceful as one of her namesakes, reminding us of Milton's exquisite lines, — " The sunn, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling, proudly rows Her state, with oary feet." ., , , The Swan of tfie Exe has been built, as her name implies, after tbe model of one... | |
| Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 halaman
...so steers the prudent cram. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bath'd Their downy breast : the man with arched neck, Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary fvtl.— Mitttm'a Ornitcopy. Day. BirfljB. DlMlIl'i. VI. Archbishop (Thomas) Cranmer, 1489, Aslacton,... | |
| Edward Jesse - 1832 - 340 halaman
...heightened than by the * contemplation of the structure of the most gigantic ' animals.' . i the iwan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows • Her state with oary feet.'—MILTON. LIVING on the banks of the Thames, I have often been pleased with seeing the... | |
| Edward Jesse - 1832 - 566 halaman
...heightened than by the ' contemplation of the structure of the most gigantic 'animals.' THE SWAN. — — ' The swan, with arched neck ' Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows 1 Her state with oary feet.' MILTON. LIVING on the banks of the Thames, I have often been pleased with... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 halaman
...warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet; yet of they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : others... | |
| 1836 - 558 halaman
...warbling, but all night tuned her soft lay*: Others on silver lakes and rivers bathed Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff penons, tower The mid aerial sky: others... | |
| John Milton - 1837 - 510 halaman
...but all night tuned her soft lays : Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast ; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft ihey quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : others... | |
| Samuel Astley Dunham - 1837 - 418 halaman
...think me infected with the spirit of Lauder, if I give you another of Milton's imitations : — " - . The swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet."— Book VII. v. 438, &c. " The ancient poets," says Mr. Richardson, " have not hit upon... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 halaman
...but all night tuned her soft lays. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast ; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet; yet of they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : others... | |
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