 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 pàgines
...herself upon the Earth!" He scarce had said when the bare Earth, till then Desert and bare, unsighdy, unadorned, Brought forth the tender grass, whose verdure...various colours, and made gay Her bosom, smelling sweet; and, these scarce blown, Forth flourished thick the clust'ring vine, forth crept 320 The smelling gourd,... | |
 | Kristen Poole - 2006 - 292 pàgines
...sees that it requires cover: . . . the bare Earth, till then Desert and bare, unsightly, unadorn'd, Brought forth the tender Grass, whose verdure clad...pleasant green, Then Herbs of every leaf, that sudden flow'r'd Op'ning thir various colors, and made gay Her bosom smelling sweet. (7: 313-19) The process... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1012 pàgines
...yielding seed, 310 And fruit tree yielding fruit after her kind; Whose seed is in herself upon the earth.0 He scarce had said, when the bare earth, till then...various colours, and made gay Her bosom smelling sweet: and these scarce blown, Forth flourished thick the clustering vine, forth crept 320 The swelling gourd,... | |
 | Elizabeth Baird Hardy - 2014 - 196 pàgines
...(VII. 312-13). Then, the germination of the plants is rapid and complete: 113 ...the bare earth... Brought forth the tender grass, whose verdure clad...pleasant green, Then herbs of every leaf, that sudden flow'red Opening their various colors, and made gay Her bosom smelling sweet: and these scarce blown,... | |
 | Juliet Cummins, David Burchell - 2007 - 264 pàgines
...Worship wave" (5.193^). And we think again of one of Milton's most seductive descriptions in Book 7: the bare Earth, till then Desert and bare, unsightly,...pleasant green, Then Herbs of every leaf, that sudden flow'rd Op'ning thir various colours. (7.313-18) The Dunces' shoddy literary efforts spring spontaneously... | |
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Let the earth Put forth the verdant grass, herb yielding seed, And fruit-tree yielding fruit after her kind; Whose seed is in herself upon the earth. 
