 Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.  Comus: A Mask - Page 39by John Milton - 1808 - 89 pagesFull view - About this book
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...harmonies. COM. Can any mortal mixture of Earth's moU Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? N 8 Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the voca1 Air To testify his Imld. n residence : How sweetly did they flote upon the wings Of silenfe,... | |
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...ventured, " for my new enliven'd spirits Prompt me," and they perhaps are not far oft', Comus. (Aside.) " Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...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;... | |
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...— 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...the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness, till it smiled.' May not these figures be taken in succession upon the mind's... | |
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...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...the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the ravep down Pf darkness till it smiled, if our rapture would suffer us to be sufficiently composed to... | |
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...harmonies. Comus aside.] Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal ait To testify his hidden residence : How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through... | |
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..."Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these ruptures moves the vocal air To testily 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 siml'd;... | |
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...ravishment! Sure something holy lodges in that brea.-t, And with these raptures moves tlie vooliir To testify his hidden residence : How sweetly did they float upon the »raps Of silence through the empty vaulted uigta, At ev'ry fall smoothing the raven down Of Darkness... | |
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...harmonies. Com. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? 24o Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, 250 (242) The West India Gulf ia translated into the skies by its constituting the prototype of the... | |
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