 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
 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1830 - 622 pages
...the prisoned soul And lap it in Elysium ; Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, O / And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause: Yet they...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... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1830 - 630 pages
...lap it in Elysium ; Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, O ' And fell Charyhdis murmured soft applause: Yet they in pleasing slumber...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 distilled... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 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, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I neve heard till now. I'1l speak to her, And she shall be my queen. Hail, foreign wonder ! Whom certain... | |
 | George Croly - Great Britain - 1830 - 576 pages
...poetic raptures, and even the premier relaxed the rigidity of the ministerial brow ; while Scylla " Chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause;" the people declared that the evil day had been only precipitated ; that the Irish demagogues, instead... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - Books and reading - 1832 - 304 pages
...murmur'd soft applause : at 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... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - Books and reading - 1832 - 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... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1833 - 372 pages
...now that I have your own word to rely on, I bid eternal farewell to jealousy, and yield myself to " Such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss," as I never felt till now. Can I use the word sober yet, with propriety, do you think ?" added he, laughing.... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1834 - 626 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.' Lines 244 — 264 'Spirit. — At last a soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...mnrmur'd 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,...her, And she shall be my queen. Hail, foreign wonder! 265 Whom certain these rough shades did never breed, Unless the goddess that in rural shrine Dwell'st... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...baleful drugs ¡ Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul. And lap it in Klysium ; Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause. History mentions only two passengers, viz. Ulysses and Orpheus, who escaped. The first was forewarned... | |
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