 Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence; How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night At every fall smoothing the raven down Of Darkness...  The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes - Page 5741811Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...residencei How sweetly did they flote upon the wings Of Silence, through the empty vaulted Night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it...My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flow'ry-kirtled Naiades Culling their potent herbs, and baleful drugs, 155 Who as they sung, would... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...ravishment? " Sure something holy lodges in that breast, " And with these raptures moves the vocal air goo " To testify his hidden residence : " How sweetly did...they float upon the wings " Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, " At ev'ry fall smoothing the raven down " Of darkness till it smil'd ! I have... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...? " Sure something holy lodges in that breast, " And with these raptures moves the vocal air 303 " To testify his hidden residence : " How sweetly did...they float upon the wings " Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, " At ev'ry fall smoothing the raven down " Of darkness till it smil'd ! I have... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness, till it smil'd! I have oft... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...precipice, and, while we admire her boldness, we are doubtful of her safety. In that exquisite passage— How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At ewry fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled, if our rapture... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...residence : How sweetly did they flote upon the wings Of silenfe, through the empty vaulted Night, 2 A' ev'ry fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smil'd ! I have oft heard Mv mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flow'ryrkirtled Naiades . Cujling their potent herbs,... | |
 | John Milton - 1808 - 96 pages
...ravishment ? 845 Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of Silence, through' the empty-vaulted night, At every fall, smoothing the raven-down Of darkness, till it smil'd ! I have oft... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1809 - 332 pages
...Comus. (Aside.) " Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence : How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, thro' the empty-vaulted night. At ev'ry fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness, 'till it smil'd;... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1834 - 558 pages
...— Hamlet, Act v. Scene i. or Milton's lines on the sounds of the lady's voice, in Comus :•— ' How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness, till it smiled.' May not these... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...ravishment ? isure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven-down Of darkness, till it smil'd ! I have oft... | |
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