 Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. 80 Some less refined, beneath the moon's pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night, Or suck the mists in grosser air below, Or dip their pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests...  The Modern Language Review - Page 791912Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 412 pages
...employed ia various offices, and •each has his office assigned him : Some in the fields of purest other play, And bask and whiten in the blaze of day : Some guide the course, &c. 6lhly. He hath given his spirits the charge of th'e several parts of dress ; intimating thereby... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 pages
...was Ariel plac'd. 5thly. They are employed in various offices, and each has his office assigned him: Some in the fields of purest ether play, And bask...whiten in the blaze of day ; Some guide the course, &c. Gthly. He hath given his spirits the charge of the several parts of dress ; intimating thereby... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 pages
...and various tasks assign'd By laws eternal to th' aerial kind. Some in the fields of purest aether play, And bask and whiten in the blaze of day ; Some guide the course of wandering orbs on high, Or roll the planets through the boundless sky; Some, less refin'd, beneath... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 434 pages
...alternately as usual, one short and one long. The following couplet affords an example of each kind. Some in the" fields of purest ether play, and bask and whiten in the blize of ..iy . It is a great imperfection in English verse, that it excludes the bulk of polysyllables,... | |
 | Cornelius Tuthill - 1820 - 418 pages
...tasks assigned By laws eternal to the aerial kind. Some in the fields of purest aether play, And hask and whiten in the blaze of day. Some guide the course of wandering orbs on high, Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. Some, less refined, beneath... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...Demons, hear ! Ye know the spheres, and various tasks assign'd By laws eternal to th' aerial kind. Some in the fields of purest ether play, And bask...whiten in the blaze of day ; Some guide the course of wandering orbs on high, Or roll the planets through the boundless sky ; Some, less refin'd, beneath... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 pages
...coats ; and some keep back The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots, and wonders At our quaint spirits." Some in the fields of purest Ether play, And bask...high, Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. 80 Some less refin'd, beneath the moon's pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pages
...coats ; and some keep back The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots, and wonders At our quaint spirits." Some in the fields of purest Ether play, And bask...high, Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. 80 Some less refin'd, beneath the moon's pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 pages
...demons, hear ! Ye know the spheres, and various tasks assign'd By laws eternal to the' aerial kind. Some in the fields of purest ether play, And bask...whiten in the blaze of day : Some guide the course of wandering orbs on high, Or roll the planets through the boundless sky : Some, less refined, beneath... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 416 pages
...5thly, They are employed in various offices, and each hath his office assigned him. Some in thefields of purest ether play, And bask and whiten in the blaze of day ; Some guide the course, &c. Btkly, He hath given his spirits the charge of the several parts of dress ; intimating thereby,... | |
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