 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  Comus: A Mask - Page 42by John Milton - 1808 - 89 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...I saw them under a green mantling vine, That crawls along the side of yon small hill, 295 Placking ripe clusters from the tender shoots; Their port was...creatures of the element, .That in the colours of the rainbow live, 300 And play i' the plighted clouds. I was awe-struck, And, as I past, I worshipt; if... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 498 pages
...supper sat ; I saw them under a green mantling vine That crawls along the side of yon small hill, 295 Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : 1 took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 pages
...he says, — " I saw them under a green mantling vine, That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their...it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the elements. That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' tlf plighted clouds." The whole description... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...supper sat ; I saw them under a green mantling vine That crawls along the side of yon small hill, 295 Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : 1 took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 pages
...then some more of the brilliant politeness of Comus : speaking of the lady's brothers, he says : " Their port was more than human, as they stood: I took...for a faery vision • Of some gay creatures of the elements, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' the plighted clouds. I was awestruck,... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...supper sat ; I saw them under a green mantling vine That crawls along the side of yon small hill, 295 Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : 1 took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - American poetry - 1839 - 158 pages
...1839 «*• •r -"•••• WITH . E WIEIE HE XT -YORK HAH.PEB. i- BB-OTHERS 1839 FANNY, "A fairy vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play in the plighted clouds." MILTON. FItOM THE EDITION OF 1831. Entered, according... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...supper sat ; I saw them under a green mantling vine, That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their...creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' the plighted clouds. I was awe-struck, And, as I pass'd, I worshipp'd; if... | |
 | Engraving - 1840 - 332 pages
...fantastical romance and brooding mystery, have each their proper homes. Erewhile I took it for a fairy region Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' th' plighted clouds; and now, though not a passing shadow has fallen to change... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...his supper sat ; I saw them under a green mantling vine That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots. Their...creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, A nd play i' th' plighted clouds. I was awe-struck, And as 1 pass'd, I worshipp'd ; if... | |
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