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
| Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...munnur'd soft applause : Vet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, 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, And she shall be my queen. Hail, foreign wonder ! Whom certain these rough shades... | |
| English literature - 1820 - 608 pages
...murmur'd soft applause : Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, 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. • • The picture of Circe gathering her potent herbs, and singing amongst the nowery-kirtled Naiades,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 528 pages
...home-felt with this meaning : Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, 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." BOSWELL. 7 Might yet ENKINDLE you—] Enkindle, for to stimulate you to seek. WAREURTON. A similar... | |
| John Milton - Bible - 1823 - 220 pages
...murmnr'd soft applause: Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, 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, And she shall be my queen. — Hail, foreign wonder ! Whom certain these rough... | |
| Charles Knight - English fiction - 1823 - 548 pages
...And laps it in Elysium. Yet she in pleasing- slumber lulls the sense, And, in s\veet madness, robs it of itself ; But such a sacred and home-felt delight,...Such sober certainty of waking- bliss, I never heard" in any but in Miss M. Tree. Miss Stephens brings tears into my eyes, but Miss Tree " can give thoughts,... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...murmur' d soft applause: Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, And in sweet madness robb'd /J/ ' I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen. Hail foreign wonder, Whom certain these rough shades... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...murmurM soft applause: Yet they in pleasing slumber 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, And she shall be my queen. Hail, foreign wonder, 265 S56. — mould take the prison'd... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...slumber lull'd the sense, 260 And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself: But such a sacred, and hometelt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss I never heard till now. I'll speak to her, 264 And she shall be my queen. Hail, foreign wonder, M 'horn certain these rough... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...murmur'd soft applause; Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, 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, And she shall be my queen. Hail foreign wonder, Whom certain these rough shades... | |
| Theology - 1826 - 548 pages
...murmur'd soft applause : Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, 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. Lines 244 — 264. SPIRIT. At last a soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd... | |
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