 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 Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes - Page 5741811Full view - About this book
 | William Ellery Channing - 1848 - 430 pages
...ravishment ? 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 till it smiled ! I have oft... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1848 - 432 pages
...ravishment ?' 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 winga Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness... | |
 | John Milton - 1919 - 276 pages
...ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast,1'' 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, 250 Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs ; Who, as they sung, would take... | |
 | Mabel Irene Rich - 1921 - 576 pages
...ravishment? 2+s 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, 25° At every fall smoothing the Raven down Of darkness till it smiled ! I have... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...lessening up the skies, The Angels with us unawares. GERALD MASSEY— The Ballad of Babe Christabel. is 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! MILTON —... | |
 | John Milton - 1923 - 332 pages
...ravishment? 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, 250 At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled ! I have... | |
 | John Rylands Library - 1924 - 542 pages
...ravishment ? 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, thro' the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled I... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 pages
...ravishment ? 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 till it smiled. PERFECTION.... | |
 | John Milton - 1925 - 442 pages
...something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify 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... | |
 | Charles Harold Herford - 1927 - 268 pages
...ravishment ? 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, thro' the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled !... | |
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