 | John Aikin - 1821 - 356 pages
...straight, To mischief swift. Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest ; as when a wandering fin., Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night Condenses,...Hovering and blazing with delusive light, Misleads the amaz'd night-wanderer from his way To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or pool ; There swallow'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...joy Brightens his crest; as when a wand'ring fire, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night 635 Condenses, and the cold environs round, Kindled through...attends, Hovering and blazing with delusive light, 639 ^Misleads th' amaz'd night-wand'rer from his way To botfs and mires, and oft through pond or pool,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...swift. Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest : as when a wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor, which the night Condenses, and the cold environs round,...Hovering and blazing with delusive light, Misleads the' amazed night-wandererfrom his way To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or pool : There swallow'd... | |
 | 1848 - 704 pages
...visions that mislead the unwary, when the daylight of common sense has left them. -a wandering fire, Which oft, they say, some evil spirit attends, Hovering and blazing with delusive light, Misleads the' amazed night-wanderer from his way To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or pool, There swallow'd.... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 682 pages
...wrought into the following similitude: - Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest ; as when a wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night...and blazing with delusive light, Misleads th' amaz'd night wanderer from his way To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or poo!, There swallow'd up and... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 806 pages
...the following similitude : — Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest ; as when a wandering tire, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night Condenses,...Hovering and blazing with delusive light, Misleads th' amazed night-wanderer from his way To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or pool, There swallow'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...seem straight, To mischief swift. Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest ; as when a wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night Condenses, and the cold environs round, Kindled throngh agitation to a flame, Which oft, they say, some evil Spirit attends, Hovering and hlazing with... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1824 - 404 pages
...intricate seem straight, To mischief swift. Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest: as when a wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night...Hovering and blazing with delusive light, Misleads the' ainaz'd night-wanderer from his way Plus tu vantes ici ce fruit nouveau pour moi, Dont les sucs... | |
 | 1824 - 286 pages
...wrought into the/ollowing similitude. Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest, as when a wand'ring fire Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night Condenses,...flame (Which oft, they say, some evil spirit attends,) Hov'ring and blazing with delusive light, Misleads th' amaz'd night-wand'rer from his way To bogs and... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...joy Brightens his crest ; as when a wand'ring fin, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night 635 Condenses, and the cold environs round. Kindled through...attends, Hovering and blazing with delusive light, 639 Misleads th' amaz'd night-wand'rer from his way, Thro' bogs and mires, and oft thro' |>ond or pool,... | |
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Lead then, said Eve. He leading swiftly roll'd In tangles, and made intricate seem straight. To mischief swift. Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest. As when a wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night Condenses, and the cold environs... 
