The Times Book of English VerseEdward Leeson |
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Page 39
... wings , and in the air on high Hung wavering : and did teach his son how he should also fly . ' I warn thee , ' quoth he , ' Icarus , a middle race to keep . For if thou hold too low a gait , the dankness of the deep Will overlade thy wings ...
... wings , and in the air on high Hung wavering : and did teach his son how he should also fly . ' I warn thee , ' quoth he , ' Icarus , a middle race to keep . For if thou hold too low a gait , the dankness of the deep Will overlade thy wings ...
Page 193
... wings were set with eyes ; with eyes the wheels 755 Of beryl , and careering fires between ; Over their heads a crystal firmament , Whereon a sapphire throne , inlaid with pure Amber , and colours of the showery arch . He , in celestial ...
... wings were set with eyes ; with eyes the wheels 755 Of beryl , and careering fires between ; Over their heads a crystal firmament , Whereon a sapphire throne , inlaid with pure Amber , and colours of the showery arch . He , in celestial ...
Page 198
... wings Displayed on the open firmament of heaven . " And God created the great whales , and each Soul living , each that crept , which plenteously The waters generated by their kinds ; And every bird of wing after his kind ; 430 435 ...
... wings Displayed on the open firmament of heaven . " And God created the great whales , and each Soul living , each that crept , which plenteously The waters generated by their kinds ; And every bird of wing after his kind ; 430 435 ...
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