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" 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 18
by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pages
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Treasury of nature, science, and art, ed. by W. Anderson

Treasury - 1853 - 276 pages
...rolling into it, then slept motionless on their sandy and coral Beds, and it seemed as if Scylla wept. And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause. In parts of the grotto were corridors and galleries, some three hundred and four hundred feet long...
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A cyclopædia of poetical quotations, arranged by H.G. Adams

Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...waters deep Hoarse murmur, echoed to his words applause Through the infinite host. Milton. Sylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention; And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause. — Milton. Kings fight for empire, madmen for applause. Dry den. He spoke and bowed, with muttering...
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The Elements of Intellectual Philosophy

Francis Wayland - Philosophy - 1861 - 444 pages
...and 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...certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now." COMUS, 254—262. 3. Contiguity. This may be either of time or place. 1. Of time. When we reflect upon...
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The Elements of Intellectual Philosophy

Francis Wayland - Philosophy - 1854 - 436 pages
...baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul And lap it in Elysium. Scylla wept Ami chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis...certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now." COMDS, 254—262. 3. Contiguity. This may be either of time or place. 1. Of time. When we reflect upon...
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The Elements of Intellectual Philosophy

Francis Wayland - Philosophy - 1854 - 444 pages
...and 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...delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never beard till now." COMUS, 254—262. 3. Contiguity. This may be either of time or place. 1. Of time....
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The Beauties of the British Poets, with a Few Introductory Observations

George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who as they sung, would take the prisoned soul MILTON. And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell...madness robbed it of itself; But such a sacred and home-t'elt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now. I'll speak to her,...
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Poetical Works: Volume 2. Paradise Regain'd; Samson Agonistes; Poems Upon ...

John Milton - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 412 pages
...applause: Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, 260 And in sweet madnes rob'd it of it self, But such a sacred, and home-felt delight, Such sober...certainty of waking bliss I never heard till now. Ile speak to her And she shall be my Queen. Hail forren wonder 265 Whom certain these rough shades...
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MLN., Volume 23

Electronic journals - 1908 - 396 pages
...Milton, Cornus, 252, 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. The modern Siren, however, is often regarded as a sign of storm, 17 and she sometimes utters a dolenil...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 4

Literature - 1909 - 502 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...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...
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A Critical History of English Literature: Shakespeare to Milton, Volume 2

David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...harmonies. Comus is ravished by the song, which moves him to an eloquent expression of admiration: But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober...certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now. He hails the Lady in tones reminiscent of Caliban's attitude to Miranda, and the ensuing dialogue shows...
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