Of silver wings he took a shining pair, Fringed with gold, unwearied, nimble, swift, With these he parts the winds, the clouds, the air, And over seas and earth himself doth lift ; Thus clad he cut the spheres and circles fair, And the pure skies with... Godfrey of Bulloigne: Or The Recovery of Jerusalem - Page 14by Torquato Tasso - 1726 - 659 pagesFull view - About this book
| English poetry - 1714 - 528 pages
...Gold: Of filver Wings he took ai flwing Pair, '• .' .1 / Fringed with Gold, unwearied, niimWe, fwifr, With thefe he parts the Winds, the Clouds, the Air, And over Seas and Earth himfdf )does lift. Thus clad he cut the Spheres and Circle* fair, And the pure Skies with facred Feathers... | |
| John Oldmixon - 1728 - 484 pages
...Fringed with Gold, unwearied, nimble, fwrft:, With thefe he parts the Winds, the Clmids, the Ait ', And over Seas and Earth himfelf doth lift. Thus clad, he cut tbe Spheres and Circles fair, And the ptire Skies withfacred Feathers clift. On Libanon at firft his... | |
| Torquato Tasso, Edward Fairfax - Crusades - 1749 - 562 pages
...Gold : XIV. Of filver Willis he took a fhining Pair, Fringed with Gold, unweary'd, nimble, fwift ; With thefe he parts the Winds, the Clouds, the Air,...and Earth himfelf doth lift : Thus clad, he cut the Spheres and Circles fair, And the pure Skies with facred Feathers cleft; On Libanon at firft his Foot... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1822 - 488 pages
...gold. ' Of silver wings he took a shining pair, Fringed with gold, unwearied, nimble, swift, With these he parts the winds, the clouds, the air, And over seas and earth himself doth lift ; Thus clad he cut the spheres and circles fair, And the pure skies with sacred feathers... | |
| 1842 - 468 pages
...*' Of silver wings he took a shining pair, Fringed with gold ; unwearied, nimble, swift ; With these he parts the winds, the clouds, the air, And over seas and air himself doth lift,'* &c. FAIRFAX. The above passage is so truly poetical, that the spirit of Tasso... | |
| Torquato Tasso - Italian poetry - 1845 - 528 pages
...XIV. Of silver wings he took a shining pair, Fringed with gold, unwearied, nimble, swift, With these he parts the winds, the clouds, the air, And over seas and earth himself doth lift ; Thus clad, he cuts the spheres and circles fair, And the pure skies with sacred... | |
| Robert Turnbull - Italian literature - 1849 - 346 pages
...gold. Of silver wings he took a shining pair, Fringed with gold, unwearied, nimble, swift ; With these he parts the winds, the clouds, the air, And over seas and earth himself doth lift; Thus clad he cuts the spheres and circles fair, And the pure skies with sacred feathers... | |
| Torquato Tasso - Crusades - 1858 - 518 pages
...gold. Of silver wings he took a shining pair, Fringed with gold, unwearied, nimble, swift; With these he parts the winds, the clouds, the air, And over seas and earth himself doth lift : Thus clad he cut the spheres and circles fair, And the pure skies with sacred leathers... | |
| Bernard Cracroft - 1868 - 348 pages
..." Of silver wings he took a shining pair, Fringed with gold, unwearied, nimble, swift ; With these he parts the winds, the clouds, the air, And over seas and earth himself doth lift ; Thus clad, he cut the spheres and circles fair, And the pure skies with sacred... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - Civilization, Medieval - 1888 - 870 pages
...Lea Vertus de Leopold d'Autriclie, par Avancin, 13. $ Vie de St. Francois Regis, p. 16. With these he parts the winds, the clouds, the air, And over seas and earth himself doth lift, Thus clad, be cut the spheres and circles fair. And the pure skies with sucred feathers... | |
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