Six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine: the pair that clad Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And... Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books - Page 116by John Milton - 1820 - 305 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1806 - 346 pages
...of melody will suit the complaints of an absent lover, as of a conquered king. A seraph wing'tl .- six wings he wore to shade His lineaments Divine ; the pair that clad Each shoulder broad, cnme mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament: the middle pair G : rt like a stnrry zone his waist,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 pages
...fully compensated by the representation of Rap/tad, which equally delights the ear and imagination. A seraph wing'd: six wings 'he wore to shade His lineaments...o'er his breast With regal ornament: the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs, with downy gold, And colours... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 350 pages
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| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...temple, to Egyptian Thebes he flies. At once on the eastern cliff of Paradise He lights, and to his proper shape returns A Seraph wing'd : Six wings he...o'er his breast With regal ornament: the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 460 pages
...fully compensated by the representation of Raphael, which equally delights the ear and imagination : A seraph wing'd : six wings he wore to shade His lineaments...o'er his breast With regal ornament: the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waisl, and round Skirted his loins and thighs, with downy gold, And colours... | |
| 1810 - 462 pages
...fully compensated by the representation of Raphael, which equally delights the ear and imagination: A seraph wing'd : six wings he wore to shade His lineaments...o'er his breast With regal ornament: the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs, with downy gold, And colours... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...representation of Raphael, which equally delights the ear and imagination : A seraph wing'd : six wings lie wore to shade His lineaments divine; the pair that...came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament: thu middle pnir Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs, with downy... | |
| 1810 - 482 pages
...th.it clad Each shoulder broad, came mantling o'er hi* breast With regal ornament; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colour* dipt in Heav'u . the third his feet Shad.u'd from either heel with feather' d mail, Sky-tiuclur'd... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 796 pages
...sovra il mar con questc: These arc all inferior to Milton's description •* the angel Raphael. — Six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine...pair that clad Each shoulder broad, came mantling oVr k» breast With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a starry zooe his waist, and round Skirted... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...that clad Kach shoulder broad, came mantling o'er his With regal ornament ; the middle pair [breast Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold Aad colours dipt in Heaven ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feathcr'd mail, Sky-tincturM... | |
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