 Upon the top of all his lofty crest A bunch of hairs discolour'd diversely, With sprinkled pearl, and gold full richly dress'd, Did shake, and seem'd to dance for jollity, Like to an almond tree ymounted high On top of green Selinis all alone, With blossoms...  The Quarterly Review - Page 470edited by - 1811Full view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 346 pages
...merest stick of a verse puts forth leaves and blossoms. Here is one of his, suggested by Homer : * — " Upon the top of all his lofty crest A bunch of hairs discolored diversly, With sprinkled pearl and gold full richly dreit, Did shake, and seemed to dance... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 348 pages
...stick of a verse puts forth leaves, and blossoms. Here is one of his, suggested by Homer : * — " Upon the top of all his lofty crest A bunch of hairs discolored diversly, With sprinkled pearl and gold full richly dreit, Did shake, and seemed to dance... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 460 pages
...That sudden horror to faint hearts did show; And scaly tail was stretched adown his back full low. Upon the top of all his lofty crest, A bunch of hairs, 7 discoloured diversely, e With sprinkled pearl and gold full richly drest, Did shake, and seemed to... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 pages
...That sudden horror to faint hearts did show ; And scaley tail was strctcht adown his back full low. shall I call thce 1 Knew I the name devout archangels discolor'didiversly, With sprinkled pearl and gold full richly drest, Did shake, and seem'd to dance... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...sudden .horror to faint hearts did show ; And scaly tail was stretched adown his back full low. • Lord alone of man, When thousand worlds are round. L discolored diversely, With sprinkled pearl and gold full richly dressed, Did shake, and seemed to dance... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...That sudden horror to faint hearts did show; And scaly tail was stretched adown his back full low. of yore, To solitary Saturn bore ; His daughter she ( discolored diversely, With sprinkled pearl and gold full richly dressed, Did shake, and seemed to dance... | |
 | Mowbray Walter Morris - 1882 - 424 pages
...That sudden hororr to faint hearts did show, And scaly tail was stretched adown his back full low. Upon the top of all his lofty crest, A bunch of hairs discoloured diversely, With sprinkled pearl and gold full richly drest, Did shake, and seemed to dance... | |
 | Shirley Hibberd - 1879 - 354 pages
...Spenser crowns the great Arthur with the bloom of the immortal tree by means of a splendid figure : — " Upon the top of all, his lofty crest — A bunch of hairs discolour'd diversly, With sprinkled pearl and gold full richly drest — Did shake, and seem'd to dance for jollity.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1888 - 356 pages
...merest stick of a verse puts forth leaves and blossoms. Here is one of his, suggested by Homer :* — ' Upon the top of all his lofty crest A bunch of hairs discoloured diversely, With sprinkled pearl and gold full richly drest, Did shake, and seemed to dance... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 436 pages
...what a breezy couplet trailing off with an alexandrine has Homer's mwittl iraunaloiv av>'/j.iav ex" Upon the top of all his lofty crest A bunch of hairs discolored diversly, With sprinkled pearl and gold full richly dreat, Did shake, and seemed to dance... | |
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