 | John Scott Clark - 1900 - 859 pages
...and all the world was gay — All but the sylph ; with careful thoughts opprest, The impending woe sat heavy on his breast. He summons straight his denizens...Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath." — The Rape of the Lock. 4. Artificiality. — " Dryden... | |
 | thomas humphry ward - 1901
...smil'd, and all the world was gay, All but the Sylph — with careful thoughts opprest, Th' impending woe sat heavy on his breast. He summons straight his denizens...Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but Zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze,... | |
 | professor edward arber, f.s.a. - 1901
...smiled, and all the World was gay! All but the Sylph! With careful thoughts opprest, Th' impending woe sat heavy on his breast. He summons straight his denizens...Soft o'er the Shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the Train beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, David Patrick - Literary Criticism - 1902
...smiled, and all the world was gay. All but the Sylph, with careful thoughts oppressed, The impending woe ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold. Waft on the breeze,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Literary Criticism - 1902 - 71 pages
...smil'd, and all the World was gay. All but the Sylph — With careful Thoughts opprest, Th' impending Woe sat heavy on his Breast. He summons straight his Denizens of Air ; 55 The lucid Squadrons round the Sails repair : Soft o'er the Shrouds Aerial Whispers breath, That... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1904
...lucid squadrons round the sails repair : Soft o'er the shrouds the aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun...their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink hi clouds of gold ; Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolved... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1905
...the sky, And soften'd sounds along the waters die; Smooth flow the waves, the Zephyrs gently play:... The lucid squadrons round the sails repair : Soft...whispers breathe, That seem'd but Zephyrs to the train heneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold;... | |
 | john matthews manly - 1916
...and all the world was gay. All but the sylph — with careful thoughts oppressed, Th' impending woe 55 The lucid squadrons round the sails repair; Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That... | |
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The lucid squadrons round the sails repair ; Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. 
