 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 18by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...murmur'd soft applause : Vet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, 260 And in sweet madness robb'd n Parian stone. B — I'lr speak to her, And she shall be my queen. — Hail, foreign wonder ! Whom certain these rough... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...it in Elysium ; Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmered soft applause ; Yet they in pleasing slumber lulled...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 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... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - Literature and morals - 1843 - 372 pages
...— love ; And when it wild resolves to love no more, — Then is the triumph of excessive love. 4 Such a sacred and homefelt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now. 5 Thy presence only 'tis can make me blest, Heal my unquiet mind, and tune my soul! Oh! charm me with... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, 260 And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But tncD a nacred intranc'd Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa, where the — I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen. — Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough... | |
 | Frances Milton Trollope - 1843 - 964 pages
...sweet madness robbed it of itself ;" to add (which she might have done in very sober truth) that " Such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, She had never felt till now." It was easy enough to perceive that, of all the little party thus exquisitely... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1843 - 686 pages
...slumber lull'd the sense, And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred and homo-folt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now." Lines 244-204. " Spirit. — At last a soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...murmur'd soft applause. Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, And in sweet madness robb'd c( (@ , [Praise of Chattitij.] [ Ггот Cornus.] 'Tie Chastity, my brother, Chastity ; She that has that... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Mythology - 1851 - 318 pages
...baleful drugs ; Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul And lap it in Elysium ; Scylla wept And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause. SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS. SCYLLA, daughter of Phorcus, was a beautiful woman, whom Circe hated because... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1845 - 436 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. VOL. i. 2 "Spirit. — At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of... | |
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