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" Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. "
The Living Age - Page 77
1909
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 548 pages
...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'...
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The Priest ...

1821 - 274 pages
...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, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven-down Of darkness till it smiled ! I took it...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...resounding grace to all heaven's harmonies. Enter COMUS. COMUS. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mold Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ! Sure something...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...
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 1-2

British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all heaven's harmonic-s. 21 • Enter COMUS. Comus. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such...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...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...6. 1. This play was first acted in 1 600. T Wat tun. Breathe such divine inchanting ravishment? 945 Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...they float upon the wings Of Silence, through the empty-vaulted night, 250 At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smil'd! I have...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1824 - 428 pages
..." ribs of death," are found to be the voice " of my most honour'd " Lady," v. 564. T. Warton. 246. Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence:'] That is, " Something holy inha' biting that breast, courts the ' air, the vehicle of sound, to ' give...
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The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or ...

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 character to real birds and animals,...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton ...

John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...may 'st thou be translated to the skies, Aral give resounding grace to all heaven's harmonies. Corma. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? 245 Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify...
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Journal of a Voyage to Brazil: And Residence There, During Part of the Years ...

Lady Maria Callcott - 1824 - 376 pages
...sang extremely well ; but when it came to Dona Rosa's turn, I was ready to exclaim with Comus — " Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?' The music ended, and who was not sorry at its conclusion ? the dancing commenced, and then those who...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 3

1826 - 548 pages
...sensibility breathes in the descriptions of the benighted Lady's singing, by Comus and the Spirit ! cOMUS. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such...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...
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