 And in sweet madness robbed it of itself, But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now.  Comus: A Mask - Page 20by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...applause : Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself ; 261 But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, ( never heard till now. — I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen.— Hail, foreign wonder!... | |
 | Hannah More - Conduct of life - 1810 - 310 pages
...heard, to be accepted tlipugh tacitly, to be referred to parents who I knew had no will but hers, Was such a sacred and homefelt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss As I ne'er felt till now. . During the remainder of the clay I found no means of speaking to Mr. Stanley.... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - English drama - 1811 - 698 pages
...murraur'd soft applause; Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, And sweet in madness robb'd it of itself. But such a sacred and home-felt delight,...certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now." — I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen. — Hail, foreign wonder, Whom certain these rough... | |
 | English drama - 1811 - 620 pages
...mHrmnr'd soft applause; Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the senset And sweet in madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred and home-felt delight,...certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now. — I'll speak to her. And she shall bo my queen. — Hail, foreign wonder ! . Whom certain these rough... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 624 pages
...Chnrybdis murmur'd soft appbi*; Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the stiac, And sweet in madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred and home-felt delight,...certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now. — I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen. — Hail, foreign »с* der! Whom certain these rough... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 622 pages
...murmur'd soft applause : Yet they in pleasing slumbers lull'd the sense,260 And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself ; But such a sacred and home-felt delight,...certainty of waking bliss I never heard till now. I'll speak to her, (251) Though the bird before pointed out and drawn in fig. 186, may he called a... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 634 pages
...murmur'd soft applause : Yet they in pleasing slumbers lull'd the sense,260 And in sweet, madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred and home-felt delight,...certainty of waking bliss I never heard till now. I'll speak to her, (251) Though the bird before pointed out and drawn in fig. 186, may he called a... | |
 | Robert Deverell - Hieroglyphics - 1813 - 354 pages
...murmur'd soft applause 1 Yet they in pleasing slumbers lull'd the sense,d<50 And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss I never henrd till now. I'll speak to her* (251) Though the bird before pointed out and i . drawn in fig. 186,... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Translating and interpreting - 1813 - 466 pages
...potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prison'd soul And lap it in Elysium. But such a sacred, and home-felt delight, Such sober...certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now. MILTON'S Comut. 2. THERE is nothing more difficult to imitate successfully in a translation than that... | |
 | England - 1820 - 876 pages
...Elysium ; Scylla wept, And chid her barking wares into attention ; the And hi sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred and homefelt delight,...certainty of waking bliss I never heard till now. " CoKU " 'Tis all with gentle Owen's blood That purple grows the primrose pale, That pity pours the... | |
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