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" And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim's feet. The smiling infant in his hand shall take The crested basilisk and speckled snake, Pleased, the green lustre of the scales survey, And with their forky tongue shall innocently play. "
The Young Lady's Book of Elegant Poetry: Comprising Selections from the ... - Page 101
by Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 320 pages
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Poetic treasures: or, Passages from the poets

Passages, John Allen Giles - English poetry - 1881 - 744 pages
...with wolves shall graze the verdant mead, And boys in flowery bands the tiger lead ; The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents...And with their forky tongue shall innocently play. Else, crown'd with light, imperial Salem ! rise ! Exalt thy towery head, and lift thy eyes ! See, a...
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A Practical Grammar of the English Language: With Analysis of Sentences

Peter Bullions - English language - 1881 - 366 pages
...also of the demiccesural pause. The former is marked I" ), and the latter ( ' ) :— " The steer and lion" at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents" lick the pilgrim's feet.'' " The crested basilisk" and speckled snake." " And on the sightless eyeballs" pour the day." --- " But not...
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Gleanings from the sacred poets, with biogr. notices of the authors

Gleanings - 1882 - 438 pages
...The crested basilisk and speckled snake, Pleased, the green lustre of the scales survey, And with the forky tongue shall innocently play. Rise, crown'd...imperial Salem, rise ! Exalt thy towery head, and lift thy eyes '. See a long race thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons and daughters yet unborn, In...
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Gems for the young from favourite poets, ed. by R. Mulholland

Gems - 1884 - 408 pages
...lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead, And boys in flowery bands the tiger lead. The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents...and speckled snake ; Pleased, the green lustre of their scales survey, And with their f orky tongue shall innocently play. Rise, crown'd with light,...
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Advanced Reader, Specially Prepared to Elicit Thought and to Facilitate ...

Christian Brothers - Readers - 1884 - 516 pages
...lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead, And boys in flow'ry bands the tiger lead. The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents...lick the pilgrim's feet. The smiling infant in his hands shall take The crested basilisk and speckled snake, Pleased, the green lustre of the scales survey,...
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Red-letter Poems by English Men and Women

Thomas Young Crowell - English poetry - 1885 - 702 pages
...lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead, And boys in flowery bands the tiger lead; The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents...imperial Salem, rise! Exalt thy towery head, and lift thy eyes! See, a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In...
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Crown Jewels: Or Gems of Literature, Art and Music ; Being Choice Selections ...

Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...the tiger lead ; The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents lick the pi'grim's feet. The smiling infant in his hand shall take The...their forky tongue shall innocently play. . Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise ! Exalt thy towery head, and lift thy eyes ! See, a long race...
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The Continental First[-fifth] Reader, Volume 5

William A. Campbell - Readers - 1890 - 514 pages
...graze the verdant The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents lick the pilgrims' feet. The smiling infant in his hand shall take The...crested basilisk and speckled snake ; Pleased the green luster of the scales survey, And with their forky tongue shall innocently play. Rise, crowned with...
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Young Ladies' Illustrated Reader

Readers, American - 1889 - 466 pages
...lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead And boys in flowery bands the tiger lead. The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents...And with their forky tongue shall innocently play. 5. Rise, crowned with light, imperialSalem, rise ! Exalt thy towery head, and lift thy eyes ! See a...
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The Works of ...

Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 pages
...with wolves shall graze the verdant mead, And boys in flow'ry bands the tiger lead ; The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents...And with their forky tongue shall innocently play." There is a necessary antagonism between Pagan and Christian ideas. Milton had, however, with admirable...
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