 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 - 1835 - 484 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." Lina 244-264. '' Spirit.—At last a soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distilPd... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...murmur'd soft applause: Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, And in sweet mnclness 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 those rough shades... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...applause : Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, And in sweet madness robbed it of itself: Bat such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober 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... | |
 | Stanhope Busby - English poetry - 1837 - 132 pages
...murmur 'tl 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. The brothers of the lady wander through the wood in search... | |
 | Alexander Knox - 1837 - 624 pages
...he would be sensible that " These 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 He never felt till now." " Poetices finis," says the excellent Lowth, " est prodesse delectando. Concitatio... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...murmur '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,...certainty of waking bliss I never heard till now. I'll speak to her, 264 And she shall be my queen. Hail, foreign wonder ! Whom certain these rough shades... | |
 | 1838 - 1050 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 never beard till now. • Spirit. At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a stream of rich difttill'd... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 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. DALILA.— MILTOK. But who is this, what thing of... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...murmur'd soft applause : Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, aeo 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, 264 And she shall be my queen. Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough shades... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 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... | |
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