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" I saw them under a green mantling vine, That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That... "
Milton's Comus, L'Allegro and Il Penseroso: With Numerous Illustrative Notes Etc - Page 19
by John Milton, John Hunter - 1864 - 96 pages
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Flora's Dictionary

Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1830 - 328 pages
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A Descriptive Account of the Second Royal Gala Festival at Stratford-upon ...

1830 - 192 pages
...Oberon, with' PtiZk iiriaa their attendant Fairies, seemed not of mortal mould. " I took it for a fairy vision " Of some gay creatures of the 'element, " That in the colours of the rainbow live,. " And ply i'th' plighted clouds ! — Milton's Comus. And last, though not least, we should be committing...
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Classical Examinations: Or, A Selection of University Scholarship ..., Volume 1

University of Cambridge - 1830 - 636 pages
...the furrow came, And the swink't hedger at his supper sat ; I saw them under a green mantling Vine That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots. Into Greek Anapaests. Nymphs and shepherds dance no more By sandy Ladon's lillied banks, On old Lycaeus...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3

John Milton - 1831 - 348 pages
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Advice in the Pursuits of Literature: Containing Historical, Biographical ...

Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1832 - 304 pages
...from the furrow came, And theswink'dhedger at his supper sat ; I saw them under a green mantling vine That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking...Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colors of the rainbow live, And play i' th' plighted clouds. I was awe-struck, And as I pass'd I worship'd...
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Advice in the Pursuits of Literature, Containing Historical, Biographical ...

Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1832 - 312 pages
...from the furrow came, And theswink'dhedger at his supper sat ; I saw them under a green mantling vine That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking...Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colors of the rainbow live, And play i' th' plighted clouds. I was awe-struck, And as I pass'd I worship'd...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3

John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...supper sat ; I saw them under a green mantling vine That crawls along the side of yon small hill, 295 Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their...element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, soo And play i' th' plighted clouds. I was awe-struck, And as I pass'd, I worshipp'd ; if those you...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...I saw them under a green mantling vine, That crawls along the side of yon small hill, 295 Placking ripe clusters from the tender shoots; Their port was...element, .That in the colours of the rainbow live, 300 And play i' the plighted clouds. I was awe-struck, And, as I past, I worshipt; if those you seek,...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - 1834 - 498 pages
...supper sat ; I saw them under a green mantling vine That crawls along the side of yon small hill, 295 Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : 1 took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow...
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The Literary and Theological Review

1837 - 684 pages
...gratify the pride of superiour understanding ; of poets, those who dwell but in faerv visions, i> " Gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play in the plighted clouds." Such, in one word, are of every class of men those who, in admiration of splendid...
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