| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...be the Madagascar Bat. Even Milton has spoken of the Raven of the Night as a bird of evil omen : — How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of Silence, through the empty vaulted Night, At every fall soothing the Raven down ! — Comns. Besides giving a fictitious... | |
| Theology - 1826 - 548 pages
...Spirit ! cOMUS. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smil'd! I have oft beard My mother Circe... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...harmonies. COMUS. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine inchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...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... | |
| Unitarianism - 1826 - 548 pages
...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-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs,... | |
| United States - 1827 - 634 pages
...Spirit ! \ COMUS. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smil.d ! 1 have oft heard Mv mother Circe... | |
| Great Britain - 1828 - 562 pages
...Spirit I COMUS. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...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... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Christian literature, English - 1828 - 60 pages
...Spirit ! COMUS. • Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...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... | |
| William Ellery Channing - 1828 - 128 pages
...the Spirit! COMUS. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breath such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...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... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...Enter COMUS. Comus. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...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... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1828 - 572 pages
...Spirit ! COMUS. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...testify his hidden residence : How sweetly did they final upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven... | |
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