 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1846 - 642 pages
...Rape of the Lock, seems to have witnessed the pleasing scene here described : — " Some to the snn their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or...; Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies, Where light disports... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; 60 Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight, Their...garments flew, Thin glitt'ring textures of the filmy dew, Dipp'd in the richest tincture of the skies, 65 Where light disports in ever-mingling dyes ; While... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...seem'd hut zephyrs to the train heneath. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on the hreeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid hodies half dissolved in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...whispers breathe, That seem'd but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold...too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light, Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures of the filmy... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...repair: Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, Thai seem'd but zephyre to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on...too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments flew. Thin glittering textures of the filmy... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...repair : Soft o'er the shrouds ae'real whispers breathe, That seem'd but zephyrs to the train beneath. That i ma' d the virtuous ring and glass ; And of...have sung, Of tourneys, and of trophies hung, Of fore glittering textures of the filmy dew, Dipp'd in the richest tinctures of the skies, Where light disports... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1855 - 474 pages
...beautiful description of the sylphs in the Rape of the Lock, c. ii. : "Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold...too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light, Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures of the filmy... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...his prayer, The rest the winds dispersed in empty air. THE SYLPHS - THEIR FUNCTIONS AND EMPLOYMENTS. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on...in clouds of gold; Transparent forms, too fine for mortnl sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light, Loose to the wind their airy garments flew,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...whispers breathe, That seem'd but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold;...too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light, Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures of the filmy... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...the winds dispersed in empty air. Soft o/U» lack, II. n. THE SYLPHS THEIR FUNCTIONS AND EMPLOYMENTS. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on...or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms, too lino for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light, Loose to the wind their airy garments... | |
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Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half... 
