 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 434 sider
...alternately as usual, one short and one long. The following couplet affords an example of each kind. Some in the" fields of purest ether play, and bask and whiten in the blize of ..iy . It is a great imperfection in English verse, that it excludes the bulk of polysyllables,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 sider
...Demons, hear ! Ye know the spheres, and various tasks assign'd By laws eternal to th' aerial kind. Some in the fields of purest ether play, And bask and whiten in the blaze of day ; Some guide the course of wandering orbs on high, Or roll the planets through the boundless sky ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 sider
...coats ; and some keep back The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots, and wonders At our quaint spirits." Some in the fields of purest Ether play, And bask and whiten in the blaze of day. Some guide the course of wand'ring orbs on high, Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. 80... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 sider
...coats ; and some keep back The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots, and wonders At our quaint spirits." Some in the fields of purest Ether play, And bask and whiten in the blaze of day. Some guide the course of wand'ring orbs on high, Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. 80... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 sider
...demons, hear ! Ye know the spheres, and various tasks assign'd By laws eternal to the' aerial kind. Some in the fields of purest ether play, And bask and whiten in the blaze of day : Some guide the course of wandering orbs on high, Or roll the planets through the boundless sky :... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 416 sider
...5thly, They are employed in various offices, and each hath his office assigned him. Some in thefields of purest ether play, And bask and whiten in the blaze of day ; Some guide the course, &c. Btkly, He hath given his spirits the charge of the several parts of dress... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 412 sider
...5thly, They are employed in various offices, and each hath his office assigned him. Some in thefidds of purest ether play, And bask and whiten in the blaze of day ; Some guide the course, £c. . 6thly, He hath given his spirits the charge of the several parts of... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 sider
...fairies pointed out in the Midsummer Night's Dream ; amusements proper for none but fairies ! — " For Some in the fields of purest ether play, And bask and whiten in the blaze of day. Some guide the course of wand'ring orbs on high, Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. 80... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 sider
...fairies pointed out in the Midsummer Night's Dream ; amusements proper for none but fairies ! « For Some in the fields of purest ether play, And bask and whiten in the blaze of day. Some guide the course of wand'ring orbs on high, Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. 80... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 sider
...fairies pointed out in the Midsummer Night's Dream; amusements proper for none but fairies! "For Sbme in the fields of purest ether play, And bask and whiten in the blaze of day. Some guide the course of wand'ring orbs on high, Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. 80... | |
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Some, less refined, beneath the moon's pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night, Or suck the mists in grosser air below, Or dip their pinions in the painted bow... 
