 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 219by John Elihu Hall, Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Janes - Poetry - 1800 - 304 pages
...air; And wings, whose colours gjitter'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. Tho'.loud at first the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and knew not what to do; Surprise in... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Southey, John Leyden - 1801
...; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. 270 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Parnell, Thomas Bewick, John Bewick - 1804 - 68 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 gazed, and wist not what to do ; Surprise... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Literary Criticism - 1805
...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...Homer. How necessary to him was the assistance of our author, is evident from a passage in one of his letters, * Warton's History of English Poetry, vol.... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Tatler (London, England : 1709) - 1805
...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...Homer. How necessary to him was the assistance of our author, is evident from a passage in one of his letters, * Warton's History of English Poetry, vol.... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 304 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. Tho' loud at first the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and knew not what to do ; Surprise... | |
 | Literary Criticism - 1806 - 380 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 lie gaz'd, and wist not what to do ; Surprise... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806
...whose colours glitter'd on the day , "Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form etherial 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 ; Être... | |
 | James Beattie, Roy Collection - Literary Criticism - 1806 - 153 pages
...whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display, ( The form etherial bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. Tho' loud at first the Pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and wist not what to do ; Surprise... | |
 | English poetry - 1809
...wings, whose colours glitter'd on.the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display;/^ v* : ' The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. ' '. s ,'r Though loud at first the pilgrim's passion grew, ' '. Sudden he gazM, and wist not what... | |
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