Canto

 1     6|   flight,~The thunder bearing bird of Aether's king:~Nor other
 2     6|   skies.~ ~ XIX~When the huge bird his pinions long had plied,~
 3     8|   hawk?"~ ~ VI~Then flies his bird, who works so well his wing,~
 4     8|       Which poised in air the bird no longer keep:~Then glad
 5    10|     field, three pinions of a bird~Bears agent, speaks Sir
 6    10|      of Strathforth shows the bird, who strains~His daring
 7    11|     sore~Was to have lost the bird of rapid wing,~Which he
 8    11|   convey~Pigeon, or such-like bird, through liquid air.~Rogero
 9    13|        Lo! in the net~Another bird for whom it was not set!"~ ~
10    14|      if owl or crow,~Or other bird ill-omened, which from tower~
11    19|       must feed the beast and bird,~Like Theban Creon, let
12    23|  wrought,~Like the incautious bird, by fowler's lore,~Hampered
13    25|    green field that beauteous bird and rare,~Which longer than
14    26| surveyed,~Who bore that noble bird, by fiery birth~Renewed,
15    26|  shield was wont to wear,~The bird which reigns o'er other
16    26|       is like blazon wore~The bird of Ide, which bore off Ganymede:~
17    26|    When Mandricardo sees that bird imprest~On the Child's shield,
18    26|     show;~And ill this argent bird shall thee betide;~This
19    27|    bearer of the white-winged bird to be;~And was so passing
20    27|      title to my white-winged bird,~Save this from me thou
21    27|       single is that precious bird~The phoenix, and on earth
22    29|    beholders thought~It was a bird in air which they descried.~
23    30|    not concerned, because the bird of snow~Rogero, pictured
24    30|      And you esteem a painted bird more high,~At least for
25    30|      field,~And not an argent bird and blazoned shield."~ ~
26    30|      he bore Jove's beauteous bird,~To cut the quarrel short,
27    30|       The shield, with argent bird and azure ground,~He hurls,
28    30|     blazoned buckler, and its bird of snow,~And yield, together
29    33|       by a monster view,~-- A bird, and bigger than that courser --
30    33|        LXXXV~Perhaps it was a bird; but when or where~Another
31    33|     but when or where~Another bird resembling this was seen~
32    36|      the sword smote upon its bird of snow,~Nor broke nor bruised
33    36|       the shield and blazoned bird upbear.~All pity he casts
34    43|       cleaves the water, as a bird the air.~ ~ LIII~As soon
35    43|       device had trapped that bird;~Who fell into the net wherein
36    45|      man; and like a reckless bird~Into the fowler's net hath
37    45|     and snows and ice convey;~Bird sings not; nor is leaf or
38    45|      harass and torment,~That bird and beast are softened by
39    46|  Charles' court he wends; the bird he bore~Of gold with its
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