 At once on the eastern cliff of Paradise He lights; and to his proper shape returns A seraph wing'd : 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...  The Thebaid of Statius - Page 19by Publius Papinius Statius - 1767Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...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 gold, And colours dipp'd in heav'n: the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with featlier'd mail, Sky-tinctur'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 460 pages
...came mantling 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 dipp'd in heav'n: the third his feet Shaclow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctur'd... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...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 colours dipt in Heaven ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctur'd grain.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...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 colours dipp'd in heav'n : the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctur'd... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 352 pages
...came mantling o,er bis 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 dipp,d in Heaven: the third his feet Shadow,d from cither heel with featherM mail, Sky-tinctur,d grain!... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 852 pages
...ZONE. ns (r.un ; zone., Latin.] I. A girdle. — The middle part Girt like a ftarry zone his waifl, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold* And colours dipp'd in heaven. Miltoi., An embroider'd zone furrounds her waift. Drydert. Thy (tatue, Venus, thongh... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...came mantling o'er his breast Wish regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a (tarry lone his waist, dipt in Heaven ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with fcather'd mail, Sky-tinctur'd grain.... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament ; the middle pair 280 Girt like a starry zone his waist and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipt in Heav'n ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinetur'd grain.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 462 pages
...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 colours dipp'd in heav.n : the third his feet Shadow.d from either heel with feather' d mail, Sky-tinctur'd... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...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 colours dipp'd in Heaven ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctured... | |
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