 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
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1839 - 264 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-tinctured grain.... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 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.... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...mantling o'er his breast 280 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, 285 Sky-tinctur'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 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-tinctured grain.... | |
 | William Wall - Baptism - 1844 - 624 pages
...Raphael, Paradise Lost, bv - The middle pair, [ie of his wings,] Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold, And colours dipped in heaven. Besides, it is observable that the Grecians made a difference between dye and other... | |
 | William Wall - Baptism - 1844 - 662 pages
...Raphael, Paradise Lost, bv - The middle pair, [ie of his wings,] Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold, And colours dipped in heaven. Besides, it is observable that the Grecians made a difference between dye and other... | |
 | George Oliver - 1846 - 636 pages
...Israclites beeame the most prosperous nation under heaven.66 OverGirt 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 Shadowed from either heel with feathered mail Sky-tinctured grain."... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Christian art and symbolism - 1848 - 464 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 cither heel with feather'd mail, Sky tinctured... | |
 | John Milton - 1849 - 650 pages
...mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament ! the middle pair 28J 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 858 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 feel Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail , Sky-tinctur'd grain.... | |
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