 | 1847 - Liczba stron: 540
...compass soon, Swifter than the wandering moon. SHAKSPEARE. 2. I took it for a fairy vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of- the rainbow live, And play i' th' plighted clouds. MILTON'S Comus. 3. And now they throng the moonlight glade, Above — below—... | |
 | Sir Edward Belcher - 1848 - Liczba stron: 608
...untiring wings of gauze, these beautiful creatures, or as Shakespeare would term them : — " Those gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' the plighted clouds." Volatile and erratic, their chief resort is about some dull, sequestered pool,... | |
 | Sir Edward Belcher - 1848 - Liczba stron: 600
...of gauze, these beautiful creatures, or as Shakespeare would term them : — " Those gay creature* of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' the plighted clouds." Volatile and erratic, their chief resort is about some dull, sequestered pool,... | |
 | 1848 - Liczba stron: 886
...the rainbow in the following poetical terms : ' [ took it for ft fairy vision Of some gay creature in the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' the plighted clouds ; and everybody is familiar with the beautiful terms in which Campbell addresses... | |
 | 1849 - Liczba stron: 470
...me; it sufficed that the flowers dazzled by their various tints, that the birds resembled — " Some gay creatures of the element. That in the colours of the rainbow live. And play i' the plighted clouds," that the stars glittered brighter than my sister's diamonds, and the sun sparkled... | |
 | 1856 - Liczba stron: 666
...with the above extracts, simply as specimens of poetic beauty. I took it for a fairy vision Of some gay creatures of the element That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' the plighted clouds. The brothers, while anxiously searching in the dark and tangled wood for their... | |
 | 1849 - Liczba stron: 818
...mighty personages are fabulous ; that the Prince J , and the Duke H , and the Countess W , are pure creatures of the element, ' That in the colours of the rainbow live, Or play in the plaited clouds.' If on this point we have fallen into an error, Mr. Macfarlane will... | |
 | 1861 - Liczba stron: 378
...sight. Their voluntary union into flocks was noticed long since by our poets. Milton sings — " Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' thi flighted clouds. And their slow stilly movement and silent recognition of the wind are sweetly... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1850 - Liczba stron: 622
...of the Peries. Their port was more than human, as they stood ; I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element That in the colours of the rainbow lire And play i' the plighted clouds. I was awestruck, And as I pass'd I worshipp'd. — Comus. "I... | |
 | Gideon Hiram Hollister - 1851 - Liczba stron: 288
...though it seemed in the uncertain light to be what her favourite poet has described, as one of those " Gay creatures of the element, " That in the colours of the rainbow live, " And play in the plighted clouds." It beckoned to her, and then wrung its hands as if in despair. She looked again... | |
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Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i 
