... Detested wretch !" — but scarce his speech began, When the strange partner seem'd no longer man His youthful face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial... Poems on Several Occasions - Page 134by Thomas Parnell - 1770 - 238 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1893 - 386 pages
...rounds of radiant points invest his hair; 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 Though loud... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 656 pages
...of radiant points invest his hair ; 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. Though loud... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 pages
...of radiant points invest his hair ; 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. Though loud... | |
| Romani - 1905 - 500 pages
...rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe thro* purple air; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form etherial bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. Tho' loud... | |
| Martha Pike Conant - 1908 - 352 pages
...Life of Parnell (p. 61 n.), prefixed to The Poetical Works of Thomas Parnell. London, 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." The angel... | |
| Martha Pike Conant - 1908 - 352 pages
...Parnell (p. 61 n.), prefixed to The Poetical Works of Thomas Parnell. London, 1852. 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." The angel... | |
| Edgar Mertner, Thomas Parnell, John Mitford, Thomas Parnell, John Mitford - 320 pages
...of radiant points invest his hair ; 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. Though loud... | |
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