...crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds ; the air Floats as they pass, fanned with unnumbered plumes : From branch to branch the smaller birds with song...Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays : Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breasts ; the swan with arched neck Between...

...crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds ; the ail Floats, as they pass, fann'd with unnumber'd plumea. From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings We «ay a " school of > Jeremiah xxxix. 27, 28. whales " for a t-bo.il now. Scull comoa from the Saxon...

...crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds ; the ah Floats, as they pass, fann'd with unnumber'd plumea. From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings 1 Schools. We say a " school of « Jeremiah xxxiz. 27, 28. whales " for a shoal now. Scull come* from...

...country is her queen of song. With its music Milton celebrates the marriage of our first parents : — " Nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays." And the ancient Pliny says : " In that little bill seems to reside all the melody which man has vainly...

...unmarried. 47. painted. Coloured ; frequently applied by the poets to the wings of birds. Cf. : — "The smaller birds with song Solaced the woods and...nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling."— Par. Lost, vii. 432-436. 49. Thy sun is set. The sunshine is the period in which the insects flourish,...

...Assassins II and all flyers from the hand Of justice, II and whatever loathes a law. — Tennyson. From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods II and spread their painted wings. — Milton. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger,...

...crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds ; the air Floats as they pass, fanned with unnumbered plumes. From branch to branch the smaller birds with song...Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast; the swan, with arched neck Between her...

...430 Her annual voyage, borne on winds: the air Floats as they pass, fanned with unnumbered plumes. From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings, Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays. Till even; nor then the solemn nightingale Others,...

...the rugged brow of night." " The love-lorn nightingale, Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well." "Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays .... Then silent night, with this her solemn bird." " For beast and bird, They to their grassy couch,...

...the second and third syllable. Here are two examples from Paradise Lost, and one from the Sonnets : From branch to branch the smaller birds | with song...Till even : | nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warb | ling, but all night tuned her soft lays : | Others | on silver lakes and rivers | bathed Their...