 | Alexander Pope - 1878 - 656 pages
...softened sounds along the waters die; 50 The impending woe sat heavy on his breast. He summons strait his denizens of air; The lucid squadrons round the...Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze,... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1878 - 772 pages
...Sylph ; with careful thoughts opprest, Th' impending woe sat heavy on his breast. He summons strait his Denizens of air; The lucid squadrons round the...sails repair : Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breath, 205 That seem'd but Zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...smiled, and all the world was gay. All but the Sylph, with careful thoughts oppressed, The impending woe sat heavy on his breast. He summons straight his denizens...lucid squadrons round the sails repair. Soft o'er the shronds agrial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...smiled, and all the world was gay. All but the sylph : with careful thoughts opprest, Th' impending woe sat heavy on his breast. He summons straight his denizens...Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 642 pages
...smil'd, and all the world was gay, All but the Sylph — with careful thoughts opprest, Th' impending woe sat heavy on his breast. He summons straight his denizens...Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but Zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 pages
...smil'd, and all the world was gay, All but the Sylph — with careful thoughts opprest, Th' impending woe sat heavy on his breast. He summons straight his denizens...Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but Zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze,... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 pages
...squi drous round the sails repair: Soft o'er the shrouds the a-erial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun...insect-wings unfold, "Waft on the breeze, or sink in clo'ids of gold ; Transparent forms, too line for mortal sight, Tluir fluid br dies half dissolved... | |
 | Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 pages
...smiled, and all the world was gay. All but the Sylph — with careful thoughts opprest, The impending woe sat heavy on his breast. He summons straight his denizens...Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the Sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 626 pages
...smil'd, 'and all the world was gay, All but the Sylph— with careful thoughts opprest, Th' impending woe sat heavy on his breast. He summons straight' his...Soft o'er the shrouds' aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but Zephyrs 'to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze,... | |
 | Kathleen Knox - 1882 - 156 pages
...and all the world was gay, All but the Sylph — with careful thoughts opprest, 25 Th' impending woe sat heavy on his breast. He summons straight his denizens...Soft o'er the shrouds, aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. 30 Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on the... | |
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The lucid squadrons round the sails repair ; Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. 
