Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of Silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of Darkness... The Quarterly Review - 第 39 頁由 編輯 - 1834完整檢視 - 關於此書
| 1878 - 862 頁
...which is called truly inspiration. When Milton flung forth these lines, — How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty vaulted...smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled, \ do you suppose he could have quite explained his imagery ? If we could call up Shakespeare and place... | |
| 1909 - 502 頁
...his hidden residence. 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 ! I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery -kittled Naiades, Culling... | |
| James Phinney Baxter - 1915 - 790 頁
...his hidden residence: 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! I oft have heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three Amidst the flow'ry-kirtled Naiades Culling their... | |
| William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 頁
...his hidden residence. 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 . . . Lorenzo to Jessica, Romeo to Juliet, had no more musical speeches: I'll speak to her, And she... | |
| William Shakespeare - 2001 - 458 頁
...containing ' fall ' thus used. In the passage, beginning with line 251, we find: ' How sweetly did they note upon the wings Of silence, through the empty vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven downe Of darknesse till she smil'd.' — Facsimile of the MS of Milton' s Minor Poems, p. 14. — ED.... | |
| Anna K. Nardo - 2003 - 292 頁
...his hidd'n residence; 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 smil'd: I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flow'ry-kirl'd Naiades,... | |
| Sophie Tomlinson - 2005 - 324 頁
...insinuating harmonies: 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. (248-51) The Lady's musical art does not render Comus brutish; on the contrary, her singing moves him... | |
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