...divine enchanting ravishment ? SuRE SOMETHING HOLY LODGES IX THAT BREASTj And with these raptures mores the vocal air To testify his hidden residence : How...they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty- vaulted night, At evr'y fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled ! I have oft...

...thou be translated to the skies, [nies. And give resounding grace to all Heaven's harmo Enter COMCS. And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify...the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven-down Of darkness, till it smil'd ! I have oft heard My mother Circe, with the Syrens three, Amidst...

...similar passages in Shakespeare, are dull, flat, and spiritless. Can any moital mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something...smil'd ! I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Syrens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs ; Who,...

...to all Heaven's harmonies. Enter COMUS. mortal mixture of earth's 240 245 251 Comus. Can any mould ear, raptures'moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. How sweetly did they float upon tlie...

...passions are all of the same bent as the aspirings of his soul ; they point Heaven-ward ! " CHAPTER IX. " How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence,...the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven-down Of darkness till it smiled ! I took it for a fairy vision Of some gay creatures of the element,...

...is the food of love." " How sweet her notes do float upon the Of silence, through the empty vaulted night ! At every fall, smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiles." — MILTON. CHARLES WEICHSKLL was a native of Frcyburg, in Saxony, and a musician of much...

...evening, and the swelling sounds of the organ had a fine effect in the dark stillness around — . i How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven-down Of darkness till it smiled— It was night...

...the evening, and the swelling sounds of the organ had a fine effect in the dark stillness around— How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven-down Of darkness till it smiled— It was night...

...exclaimed with Comus, (if Comus had then been written,) " Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould -' Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast!" " Art thou of earth ?" said .Hal. H 6 " Whence comes this eloquence and energy in a peasant ?" " If...

...human mould, with gross unpurged ear." MALONE. Thus in Comus : Can any mortal mixture of earth's mold Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, Enter Musicians. Come, ho, and wake Diana with a hymn 4 ; With sweetest touches pierce your mistress'...