 | 1863 - 404 oldal
...source of endless amusement and instruction to the intelligent collector, who might watch to see how " Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on...in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms, too fine for human sight, Their fluid bodles naif dissolved in light ; Loose to the wind their airy garments flew,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 698 oldal
...the shrouds aerial whispers hreathe, That seem'd hut Zephyrs to Ihe train beneath. Some to the sua their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or...in clouds of gold; Transparent forms, too fine for mort.il sight, Their fluid bodies half-dissolv'd in light. Loose to to the wind their airy garments... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 696 oldal
...repair : Soft o'er the shrouds aerial 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 ofgold ; Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half-dissolv'd in light.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 712 oldal
...repair : Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seem'd but Zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or smk in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half-dissolv'd... | |
 | 1864 - 472 oldal
...the writer's recollection Pope's description of the sylphs in his inimitable Rape of the Lock : — " 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 oldal
...prayer, The rest the winds dispersed in empty air. THE SYLPHS - THEIR FUNCTIONS AND EMIM.OS MBSTi. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, • Waft...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... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 500 oldal
...breathe, That seem'd but Zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Whaft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent...forms, too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half-dissolv'd in light. Loose to the wind their airy garment flies, Where light disports in ever-mingling... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 oldal
...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... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 oldal
...repair. 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...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... | |
 | Virgil - 1871 - 376 oldal
...Virgil call to mind Pope's beautiful description of the Sylphs in the Rape of the Lock, c. ii. : " 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... | |
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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... 
