 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. How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence,...  The Works of Wm. Ellery Channing - Page 17de William Ellery Channing - 1835Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...beautiful *' It has been asked where an illustration must be sought for the expression, ver. 252, ' At every fall, smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled :' and the entire silence of the commentators has been remarked. 1 shall, therefore, observe that there... | |
 | 1833 - 412 pages
...a view to try the boy's general knowledge of Greek and Latin. Translate into Greek Iambics, — Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine...moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. PALEY'S EVIDENCES. 7 1. Explain the ground which Paley takes in his proof of the truth of Christianity.... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1834 - 626 pages
...breathes in the descriptions of the benighted Lady's singing, by Comus and the Spirit ! 'Comus. — Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 498 pages
...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, 250 At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smil'd ! I have oft heard My mother... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1834 - 568 pages
...— Hamlet, Act v. Scene i. or Milton's lines on the sounds of the lady's voice, in Coinus : — ' How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence...smoothing the raven down Of darkness, till it smiled.' May not these figures be taken in succession upon the mind's eye, and yet so far linked together, or... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1834 - 564 pages
...voice, in Comus : — ' How sweetly did they_/Zoa£ 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 eye, and yet so far linked together, or... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 358 pages
...was ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never more " Still to be so displaced." " 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." " Midnight... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 pages
...harmonies. Comas. Can any morlal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ra vishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...air To testify his hidden residence: How sweetly did lhey float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 pages
...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 526 pages
...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... | |
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