 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.  Poems on Several Occasions - Page 174by Thomas Parnell - 1726 - 221 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1750 - 372 pages
...eyes, He burfts the bands of fear, and madly cries, Detefled wretch. — — But fcarce his fpecch _ began, "When the ftrange partner feem'd no longer...turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of rr.diant points inveft his hair; Celeftial odours breathe thro' purpled air ; And wings, whofc colours... | |
 | Seraph - Hymns, English - 1754 - 294 pages
...father's eyes, He burfls the bands of fear, and madly cries, Deteiled wretch: but fcarce his fpeech began, "When the ftrange partner feem'd no longer...flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invert his hair ; CeleQial odours breathe thro' purpl'd air ; And wings, whofe colours glitter'd on... | |
 | Muse - 1757 - 248 pages
...fparkling Rag« inflames the Father's Eyes, He burfts the Bands of Fear, and madly cries, Detefled Wretch ! But fcarce his Speech began, When the ftrange...flow'd upon his Feet: Fair Rounds of radiant Points invert his Hair $ Celeftial Odours breathe thro" purpled Air : And Wings, whofe Colours glitter'd on... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - Battle of the frogs and mice - 1760 - 268 pages
...the bands of fear, and madly cries, Detefted wretch B|t fcarce his fpeech began, : When the flrange partner feem'd no longer man : His youthful face grew...flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invert his hair; Celeftial odours breathe thro' purpled air ; H And 144 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS.... | |
 | John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...father's eyes, lie burfts the bands of fear, and madly cries, Detcfted wretch I bwt fcarce his fpeech began, When the ftrange partner feem'd no longer man...feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points inveft his hair ; Ccleftial odours breathe thro' purpled air ; And wings, whofe colours glitter'd on the day, Wide... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1767 - 250 pages
...Deteitcd wretch but fcarce his fpeech began, "When the ftrange partner feem'd no longer man: H ; s youthful face grew more ferenely fweet; His robe turn'd...flow'd upon his feet; Fair rounds of radiant points invert his hair; CeldHal odours breathe thro' purpled air; And wings, whofe colours glitter'd on the... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - English literature - 1767 - 250 pages
...father's eyes, He burfts the bands of fear, and madly cries, Detefted wretch but fcarce his fpeech began, "When the ftrange partner feem'd no longer...: His youthful face grew more ferenely fweet ; His robs turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet; Fair rounds of radiant points inveft his hair; Celeflial... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - Battle of the frogs and mice - 1770 - 294 pages
...father's eyes, He burfts the bands of fear, and madly cries, Detefted wretch But fcarce his fpeech began, When the ftrange partner feem'd no longer man...; His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet : jFair rounds of radiant points inveft his hair ; jCeleftial odours breathe thro' purpled ait j K... | |
 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1781 - 620 pages
...eyes, He burfts the bonds of fear, and madly cries, " Detefted wretch !" — But fcarce his fpeech began, When the ftrange partner feem'd no longer man...flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invert his hair ; Celeftial odours fill the purple air : And wings, whofe colours glitter'd on the... | |
 | William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...father's eyes, He burfts the bands of fear, and madly cries, Detefted wretch ! — But fcarce his fpeech began, When the ftrange partner feem'd no longer man...radiant points inveft his hair, Celeftial odours breathe in purpled air ; And wings whofe colours glitter like the day, Wide at his back their dazzling plumes... | |
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