| Sir Edward Belcher - 1848 - 600 páginas
...of gauze, these beautiful creatures, or as Shakespeare would term them : — " Those gay creature* of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' the plighted clouds." Volatile and erratic, their chief resort is about some dull, sequestered pool,... | |
| Sir James Stephen, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1848 - 356 páginas
...invention !" How can he judge of thoughts which penetrate the mysteries of humanity, of fancies which "(U the colours of the rainbow live, and play in the plighted clouds," of anticipations and foretastes by which the bard already " breathes in worlds, to which the heaven... | |
| 1848 - 886 páginas
...the rainbow in the following poetical terms : ' [ took it for ft fairy vision Of some gay creature in the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' the plighted clouds ; and everybody is familiar with the beautiful terms in which Campbell addresses... | |
| 1856 - 666 páginas
...the above extracts, simply as specimens of poetic beauty. I took it for a fairy vision Of some gay creatures of the element That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' the plighted clouds. The brothers, while anxiously searching in the dark and tangled wood for their... | |
| 1849 - 470 páginas
...it sufficed that the flowers dazzled by their various tints, that the birds resembled — " Some gay creatures of the element. That in the colours of the rainbow live. And play i' the plighted clouds," that the stars glittered brighter than my sister's diamonds, and the sun sparkled... | |
| 1849 - 818 páginas
...mighty personages are fabulous ; that the Prince J , and the Duke H , and the Countess W , are pure creatures of the element, ' That in the colours of the rainbow live, Or play in the plaited clouds.' If on this point we have fallen into an error, Mr. Macfarlane will... | |
| 1861 - 378 páginas
...Their voluntary union into flocks was noticed long since by our poets. Milton sings — " Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' thi flighted clouds. And their slow stilly movement and silent recognition of the wind are sweetly... | |
| Gideon Hiram Hollister - 1851 - 288 páginas
...it seemed in the uncertain light to be what her favourite poet has described, as one of those " Gay creatures of the element, " That in the colours of...rainbow live, " And play in the plighted clouds." It beckoned to her, and then wrung its hands as if in despair. She looked again more intently, and saw... | |
| John Coleman (of Dover.) - 1851 - 890 páginas
...converse with the spirits and the fairies, the sylphs and the elves, of a fabulous world, " Those gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i' the plighted clouds." Their hearts were full of the milk of human kindness, of that generous sensibility... | |
| John Milton - 1851 - 508 páginas
...tender fhoots, Their port was more then human, as they ftood ; I took it for a faery vifion Of fom gay creatures of the element That in the colours of the Rainbow live And play i'th plighted clouds. I was aw-ftrook, And as I paft, I worfhipt ; if thofe you feek 301 It were a... | |
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