 | Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 pages
...Waters ^ew-j.- i. „ ,^ Wings on their Sides inftead of Leavesdid grow,,,'/ \ ",';\ Which gather" J all the Breath the Winds could blow ; . .'.. , And at their Roots grew floating Palaces,, . "-5 t>;u.'i.. ' ,\M\.\! Whofe out-bjow'd Bellies cut the yielding Seas. Mtntezuma. What divine Monfters,... | |
 | Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 pages
...Wings on their Sides inftead of Leavts did grow, Which gather d all the Breath the Winds could blow j , And at their Roots grew floating Palaces, Whofe out-blow'd Bellies cut the yielding Seas ? Montczuma. What divine Monitors, O ye Gods ? are That float in Air, and fly upon the Seas ?... | |
 | John Jortin - 1790 - 506 pages
...Wings on their fides inftead of leaves did grow, Which gather'd all the breath the winds could blow : v And at their roots grew floating palaces, Whofe out-blow'd...monfters, O ye Gods, were thefe, That float in air, and flie upon the feas ! Came they alive or dead upon the fhore ? Guy. Alas, they liv'd, too fure ; 1 heard... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 pages
...ftraight trees, which on the water flew : Wings on their fides inflead of leaves did grow, Which gather'd all the breath the winds could blow ; And at their roots grew floating palaces, Whofc out-blow'd bellies cut the yielding feas ! Z z 4 Mont -zuma. What divine raonflcrs,O ycGods !... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...strait trees, which on the water flew : Wings on their sides instead of leaves did grow, Which gather'd all the breath the winds could blow ; And at their roots grew floating palaces, Whose out-blow'd bellies cut the yielding seas ! MONTEZUMA. What divine monsters, O ye Gods! are these.... | |
 | Homer - 1806 - 236 pages
...straight trees which on the waters flew; Wings on their sides instead of leaves did grow, Which gather'd all the breath the winds could blow; And at their roots grew floating palaces,' &c. Eustathius tells us the reason of this command given to Ulysses, to search out a people ignorant... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 486 pages
...first distinctly view, Was tall straight trees, which on the waters flew; Wings on their sides, instead of leaves, did grow, Which gathered all the breath...could blow : And at their roots grew floating palaces, Whose outblowed bellies cut the yielding seas. Mont. What divine monsters, O ye gods, were these, That... | |
 | Pierce Egan - 1819 - 398 pages
...straight trees, which on the water flew : Wings on their sides instead of leaves did grow, Which gather'd all the breath the winds could blow : And at their roots grew FLOATING PAT.A.CES, Whose out-blown bellies cut the yielding seas ! The walls of the room are covered with paintings... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...straight trees which on the waters flew ; Wings on their sides instead of leaves did grow, Which gather'd all the breath the winds could blow : And at their roots grew floating palaces, Whose out-blow'd bellies cut the yielding seas. Mont. What divine monsters, O ye gods, were these,... | |
 | 1820 - 398 pages
...straight trees which on the waters flew, Wings on their sides instead of leaves did grow, Which gather'd all the breath the winds could blow : And at their roots grew floating palaces, Whose out-blow'd bellies cut the yielding seas. Mont. What divine monsters, O ye gods, were these,... | |
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The object, I could first distinctly view, Was tall straight trees, which on the waters flew; Wings on their sides, instead of leaves, did grow, Which gathered all the breath the winds could blow : And at their roots grew floating palaces, Whose outblowed... 
