...seem'd but Zéphyrs to thé train beneath. Sotne to thé sun their insect wings unfold, \Vhaft on thé breeze, or sink in clouds of gold; Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight, Their tluid bodies half-dissolv'd in light. Loose to thé wind their airy garment flies, \Vhere light disports...

...lucid squadrons round the sails repair. Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun...too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light, Loose to the wind, their airy garments flew, Thin, glittering textures of the filmy...

...breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. Some to the sun their insect wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent...too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light, Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures of the filmy...

...description of his 'machines', the sylphs, is as follows: Some to the Sun their Insect-Wings unfold, Waft on the Breeze, or sink in Clouds of Gold. Transparent...Light. Loose to the Wind their airy Garments flew, Thin glitt'ring Textures of the filmy Dew; Dipt in the richest Tincture of the Skies, Where Light disports...

...drawing from Pope some of his most attractive lines: Some to the Sun their Insect- Wings unfold, Waft on the Breeze, or sink in Clouds of Gold. Transparent...Light. Loose to the Wind their airy Garments flew, Thin glitt'ring Textures of the filmy Dew; Dipt in the richest Tincture of the Skies, Where Light disports...

...clouds of gold, 60 Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight. Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light, Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures of the filmy dew, Dipped in the richest tincture of the skies. Where light disports in ever-mingling dyes, While every...

...be. An underline above the first vowel of the relevant syllables is a straightforward notation: (1) Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures of the filmy dew. To someone who knows English and who is familiar with the working of English meter, this is actually...

...Air The lucid Squadrons round the Sails repair . . . Some to the Sun their Insect- Wings unfold, Waft on the Breeze, or sink in Clouds of Gold. Transparent...Garments flew, Thin glittering Textures of the filmy Dew; (The Rape of the Lock, n, 55-64) Here Pope uses "denizens" in its eighteenth-century legal sense as...

...clouds of gold; 60 Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glittering textures of the filmy dew, Dipped in the richest tincture of the skies, Where light disports in ever-mingling dyes, While every...

...eighteenth century we have them indubitably. Some to the Sun their Insect-Wings unfold, Waft on the Bree2e, or sink in Clouds of Gold, Transparent Forms, too...Light. Loose to the Wind their airy Garments flew, Thin glitt'ring Textures of the filmy Dew; Dipt in the richest Tincture of the Skies, Where Light disports...