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" purple air: And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display, The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light. The same apologue occurs, with some slight additions and variations "
The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh to the ... - Page cxcix
by Thomas Warton - 1824 - 482 pages
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Miscellany poems. By mr. Pope (By several hands).

Miscellaneous poems - 1732 - 306 pages
...rounds of radiant points invert his hair; Celeftial odours breathe thro' purpled air; And wings, whofe colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes difplay. The form etherial burfts upon his fight, And moves in all the majefty of light. Tho' loud...
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The Edinburgh Entertainer: Containing Historical and Poetical Collections ...

English literature - 1750 - 372 pages
...rounds of radiant points invert his hair j Celeftial odours breathe thro' purpled air ; And wings, whofe colours glitter'd on the day, "Wide at his back their gradual plumes difplay. Cc The The form etherial burfts upon his fight, And moves in all the majeity-of light. Tho'...
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The seraph, a collection of divine hymns and poems from the best authors

Seraph - Hymns, English - 1754 - 294 pages
...rounds of radiant points invert his hair ; Celeftial odours breathe thro' purpl'd air ; And wings, whofe colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes difplay. The form etherial burft upon his fight, And moves in all the majelty of light.. Tho' loud...
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The muse in a moral humour: being a collection of tales, fables, pastorals ...

Muse - 1757 - 248 pages
...Rounds of radiant Points invert his Hair; Celeftial Odours breathe thro" purpled Air : And Wings, whofe Colours glitter'd on the Day, Wide at his Back their gradual Plumes difplay. The Form etheria], burfts upon his Sight, And moves in all the Majefty of Light. Tho' loud...
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Poems on Several Occasions

Thomas Parnell - Battle of the frogs and mice - 1760 - 268 pages
...feet; Fair rounds of radiant points invert his hair; J44 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS. And wings, whofe colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes difplay. The form etherial burfts upon his fight, And moves in all the majefty of light. Tho' loud...
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Poems on Several Occasions

Thomas Parnell - Battle of the frogs and mice - 1770 - 294 pages
...radiant points inveft his hair; Celeftial odours breathe thro' purpled ait j K 3 An<J And wings, whofe colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes difplay. The form etherial burft upon his fight, And moves in all the inajefty of light. Tho' loud...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volumes 39-40

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 936 pages
...of radiant points' inveSt his' hair; CeleStial odours breathe through purpled air;' And wings, whole colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes difplay. The form etherial burSt upon his fight, And moves in all the majeSty of light. Though loud...
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The Works of the English Poets: Parnell and A. Philips

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 428 pages
...rounds of radiant points inveft his hair; Cdeftial odours breathe through purpled air; And wings, whofe colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes difplay. The form etherial burft upon his fight, And moves in all the majefty of light. Though loud...
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How to Read and Declaim

Grenville Kleiser - Elocution - 1779 - 422 pages
...of radiant points invert his hair; Celeltial odours breathe through purpled airj. And wings, whofe colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes difplay. The form etherial burlt upon his fight, And moves in all the majcAy of light. Though loud...
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The Works of the English Poets: Parnell and A. Philips

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 430 pages
...of radiant points inveft his hair; Celeftial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings, whofe colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes difplay. The form etherial burft upon his (ight, And moves in all the majefty of light. Though loud...
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