 So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard Well pleased, but answered not; for now too nigh The Archangel stood, and from the other hill To their fixed station, all in bright array The cherubim descended; on the ground Gliding meteorous, as evening mist...  Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged - Page 29edited by - 1802Full view - About this book
 | 1802 - 572 pages
...descended, on the ground Gliding meteoroiit, as evening mist, Risen from a river, o'er the marish gliJet, And gathers ground fast on the laborer's heel, Homeward...like a mist, from, the ocean : " And like a mist, she rises 'bove the tide f Meteorousy the face of ocean sweeps, Refulgent gliding o'er the sable deeps."... | |
 | John Milton - 1817 - 214 pages
...station, all in bright array The Cherubim descended ; on the ground Gliding meteorous, as evening-mist • Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel Homeward returning. High in front advanc'd, The brandish'd sword of God before... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...station, all in bright array The Cherubim descended ; on the ground Gliding meteorous, as evening-mist Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at the laborer's heel Homeward returning. High in front advanced, The brandish'd sword of God before... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 806 pages
...their fix'd station, all in bright array The cherubim descended ; on the ground Gliding meteorous, as evening mist Risen from a river, o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at the lab'rer's heel Homeward returning. High in front advanced, The brandish'd sword of God before... | |
 | Jacques Delille - English poetry - 1824 - 404 pages
...station, all in bright array The cherubim descended; on the ground Gliding meteorous, as evening-mist Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel Homeward returning. High in front advanc'd, The brandish'd sword of God before... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 pages
...glide about it, upon their gentler errand, it is like fairer vapours : On the ground Gliding meteorous, as evening mist Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel Homeward returning. — (Par. Lost. B. xn. v. G28.) Now behold one of his greatest... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English essays - 1835 - 350 pages
...glide about it, upon their gentler errand, it is like fairer vapours: On the ground Gliding meteorous, as evening mist Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel Homeward returning. — (Par. Lost. B. xn. v. 628.) Now behold one of his greatest... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 pages
...station, all in bright array The cherubim descended; on the ground Gliding meteorous, as evening-mist Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel Homeward returning. High in front advanced. The brandish'd sword of God before... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 510 pages
...station, all in bright array The cherubim descended ; on the ground Gliding meteorous, as evening-mist Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at thc labourer's heel Homeward returning. High in front advanced, The brandish'd sword of God before... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 512 pages
...station, all in bright array The cherubim descended; on the ground Gliding meteorous, as evening-mist Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel Homeward returning. High in fron t advanced, The brandish'd sword of God before... | |
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