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" The lucid squadrons round the sails repair: Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seem'd but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold; Transparent forms, too fine... "
An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects ... - Page 7
by William Kirby, William Spence - 1818
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold; 60 Transparent forms too fine for mortal sight, Their...dissolv'd in light; Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glitt'ring textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in fhe richest tincture of the skies, 6; Where...
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The Rape of the Lock,: An Heroi-comical Poem,

Alexander Pope - 1798 - 146 pages
...seem'd but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms too...dissolv'd in light, Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glitt'ring textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies, Where light...
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The rape of the lock, an heroi-comical poem. Adorned with plates

Alexander Pope - 1801 - 140 pages
...seem'd but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold; Transparent forms too fine...dissolv'd in light, Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies, Where light...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; 60 Transparent forms too fine for mortal sight, Their...dissolv'd in light, Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glitt'ring textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies, 65 Where...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 420 pages
...nothing can be more rich and brilliant: Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms, too...dissolv'd in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glitt'ring textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies, Where light...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 424 pages
...nothing can be more rich and brilliant : Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms, too...dissolv'd in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glitt'ring textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies, Where light...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope. In Two Volumes, Volume 1

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 pages
...their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold : Transparent forms, too thin for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolv'd in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies, Where light...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ...

Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...seem'd but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms too...dissolv'd in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies, Where light...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 pages
...the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on thfr breeze, or sink in clonds of gold; Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight,...dissolv'd in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures of the filmy dew, Dipp'd in the richest tinctures of the skies, Where...
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Poetical Works

Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms too line for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolv'd in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies, Where light...
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