...me infected with the spirit of Lauder, if I give you another of Milton's Imitations : The Swan wsth arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet. — B. 7. V. 438, &c. " The ancient Poets," says Mr. Richardson, " have not hit upon this beauty ;...

...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...

...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....pennons, tower The mid aerial sky. Others on ground Walked firm—the crested cock, whose clarion sounds The silent hours, and the other, whose gay train...

...with 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...downy breast ; the swan with arched neck Between her J white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit 440 The dank, and,...

...with him—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 favourite...

...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...

...the warm hearth exalts the mantling ale ' ; (2) of such a phrase as Milton, Paradise Lost, vii. 439 : The swan with arched neck Between her white wings...mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet,— in which there seems to be a reference, not bearing strict analysis, to the use of the word in falconry...

...with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings, Till even; nor then the solemn nightingal Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays....pennons, tower The mid aerial sky. Others on ground Walked firm — the crested cock, whose clarion sounds The silent hours, and the other, whose gay train...

...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...

...but all night tuned her soft lays : Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breasts ; the swan with arched neck Between her white wings,...pennons, tower The mid aerial sky : others on ground Walked firm ; the crested cock, whose clarion sounds The silent hours ; and the other, whose gay train...