...branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all...dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aerial sky: others on ground Walk'd firm ; the crested cock, whose clarion sounds The silent hours...

...nightingale Ceas'd warbling, but all night tun'd her soft lays : Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bath'd Walk'd firm ; the crested cock whose clarion sounds The silent hours, and the other whose gay train...

...nightingale Ceas'd warbling, but all night tun'd her soft lays : Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bath'd m he liv'd in pain. And measur'd back his steps to oory feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aereal sky : others...

...song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale 3 Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays...; yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff penons, tower The mid aerial sky. Others on ground Walked firm ; the crested cock, whose clarion sounds...

...weighed." T. II. Sheppard. " The swan with arched neck Between its white wings mantling ; proudly rows In state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit The dank, and rising on stiff pennons The mid aerial sky." They have always been held in much esteem. By an act of Edward IV. none except...

...branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings, Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all...rivers, bathed Their downy breast ; the swan, with arehed neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they...

...branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings, Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays." Paradise Lost, vii. 433-436. Cf. II Penseroso, 61-64. Comus, 234, 235 ; 566, 567. The following from...

...with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings, Till even; nor then the solemn nightingal Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays....arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, TOWS 439 Her state with oary feet; yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower...

...with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings, Till even; nor then the solemn nightingal Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays....rivers, bathed Their downy breast; the swan, with arcbtd neck Between her white wings mantling proudlr, TOWS 4]9 Her state with oary feet; yet oft they...

...companions, though they feel it quite beneath their dignity to join in their amusements. Then " This swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling, proudly rows Her state with oary feet " to the other end of the lake to see why the peewit is crying so in the air. Perhaps his snow-white...