...nightingale Ceas'd warbling, but all night tun'd her soft lays : Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bath'd m he liv'd in pain. And measur'd back his steps to oory feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : others...

...song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale 3 Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays...; yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff penons, tower The mid aerial sky. Others on ground Walked firm ; the crested cock, whose clarion sounds...

...weighed." T. II. Sheppard. " The swan with arched neck Between its white wings mantling ; proudly rows In state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and rising on stiff pennons The mid aerial sky." They have always been held in much esteem. By an act of Edward IV. none except...

...with himH-he attracted the attention of Shakespeare. It is worth noting that while the swan, which With arched neck, Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet, so often and so exquisitely referred to by Milton, and the "wakeful nightingale," an equal favorite...

...Epidem. p. 1g3. edil. 1672. The swan, with arched neck Between her white wings preudly mantling, rews Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit The dank,...rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aerial sky. MILTON. Par. Lost, b. vii. 1. 437. The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale,...

...will live nearly a hundred years. Milton prettily says, referring to this noble creature — * * * " The swan, with arched neck, Between her white wings...mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet." Swans abound, in a wild state, in the northern parts of the world, especially in Siberia. And great...

...weighed." TH Sheppard. " The swan with arched neck Between its white wings mantling; proudly rows In state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and rising on stiff pennona The mid asrial sky." They have always been held in rrruch esteem. By an act of Edward IV. none...

...four verses in order to offer a remark. Others, on diver lakes and rivere, bathed Their downy brennt : the swan with arched neck Between her white wings...quit The dank, and rising on stiff pennons, tower, in: Frequently as the great poet pauses at the ninth syllable, it is incredible that he should have...

...The young swan is restless and uneasy until she finds the element she has never before seen. Then, "With arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet." What a wretched failure was that of Haydon the painter. He thought he failed through the world's ingratitude...

...song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings, Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays....rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit 440 The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aerial sky. Others on ground Walked firm...