 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant; pleasing was his shape And lovely Oft he bowed His turret crest, and sleek enamelled...neck, Fawning, and licked the ground whereon she trod. MILTDK. The SERPENTES, or serpents, are generally distinguishable from the rest of the amphibia by... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...Amidst his circling spires that on the grass Floated redundant; pleasing was his shape, And lovely Oft he bowed His turret crest, and sleek enamelled...neck, Fawning, and licked the ground whereon she trod. De Lille, in his Trois Rtgnes de la Nature, has thus described the various motions of the Serpent :... | |
 | Henry Dana Ward - Freemasonry - 1828 - 428 pages
...• At first, as one who sought access, but feared •' To interrupt, side-long he works his way. " Oft he bowed •' His turret crest, and sleek enamelled...Fawning, and licked the ground whereon she trod." 4Rttm,bO THE innocent aspect assumed by this fraternity, is worthy, in fraud, of the Tempter himself.... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...through the field, From every beast, more duteous at her call, Than at Circcan call the herd disguised. He, bolder now, uncalled before her stood, But as in gaze admiring: ofl he bowed His turret crest, and sleek enamelled neck, Fawning, and licked the ground whereon she... | |
 | Theology - 1864 - 940 pages
...pleasing was his sh;ipe And lovely ; never since of serpent kind Lovelier " Of his tortuous train Curl'd many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve, To lure her...uncalled before her stood But as in gaze admiring: oft he bow'd His turret crest, and sleek enamelled neck, Fawning; and licked the grouud whereon she trod."... | |
 | John Milton - 1854 - 534 pages
...enchantress. The herd disguised,— persons who have undergone the change 268 PARADISE LOST. [BooK IX. He, bolder now, uncalled before her stood, But as...bowed His turret crest, and sleek enamelled neck. 525 Fawning ; and licked the ground whereon she trod. His gentle dumb expression turned at length The... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - Ireland - 1854 - 392 pages
...through the field, From every beast, more duteous at her call Than at Circean call the herd disguised. He, bolder now, uncalled before her stood, But as...admiring. Oft he bowed His turret crest and sleek enamell'd neck, Fawning, and licked the ground whereon she trod. His gentle, dumb expression turned,... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - Ireland - 1854 - 382 pages
...through the field, From every beast, more duteous at her call Than at Circean call the herd disguised. He, bolder now, uncalled before her stood, But as...admiring. Oft he bowed His turret crest and sleek enamell'd neck, Fawning, and licked the ground whereon she trod. His gentle, dumb expression turned,... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 664 pages
...field, From every beast, more duteous at her call Than at Circean call1 the herd disguised. He, holder now, uncalled before her stood, But as in gaze admiring...bowed His turret crest, and sleek enamelled neck, Pawning, and licked the ground whereon she trod. His gentle dumb expression turned at length The eye... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1860 - 574 pages
...her stood, But aa in gaze admiring: oft he bowed ilia turret crest, and sleek enamelled neck, .: id licked the ground whereon she trod. His gentle dumb expression turned at length Tbe eye of Eve to mark his play; he, glad Of her attention gained, with serpent tongue Organic, or... | |
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... he, and of his tortuous train Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve, To lure her eye; she busied heard the sound Of rustling leaves, but minded not, as used... 
