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...Maia's son he stood, And shook his plumes, that heavenly fragrance fill'd The circuit wide. Book v. 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. THE BIRTH...

...Maia's son he stood, And shook his plumes, that heavenly fragrance fill'd The circuit wide. Book v. 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. THE HIRTH...

...mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And wiih these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his...wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At eveiy fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness, till it smiled ! I have oft heard My mother Circe...

...eloquent verse : 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 aiiTo testify his hidden residence. How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the...

...COMUS. COM. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine inchanting ravishment ? 245 Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, KO At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smil'd ! I have oft heard My mother Circe...

...Spirit ! 14 Cbmitf. Con any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment! Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...hidden residence : How sweetly did they float upon the wines Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness...

...i. or Milton's lines on the sounds of the lady's voice, in Comus : — ' How sweetly did iheyjloat 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 figures be taken in succession upon the mind's...

...unconscious of listeners, and as sweetly, as the wood-thrush in its deep solitude. Sure, thought I, -" Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves lhe vocal air, To testify his hidden residence." And within that breast, as I afterwards found, was...