 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.  Essay on the Principles of Translation - Page 320by Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1813 - 436 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...venture ; for my new-enlivened spirits Prompt me ; and they perhaps are not far off. (Entf.r Comus.) Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...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 Syrens three, Amidst... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...Hurd and Warburton observe that ' shell' means the horizon, the hollow circumference of the heavens. And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify...they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, aso At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smil'd ! I have... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 pages
...enters, and commences an address of graceful flattery : Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould 3reathc such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something...breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air I'o testify his hidden residence. How sweetly did theyJJoat upon the wings Of silence, through the... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1839 - 524 pages
...Charlatan Dulcamara, and Juliani as Nemorino, were admirable ; and as for Elisa Poniatowska's Adiva — " Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment " In the Barber of Seville, on the 22nd, they were superlatively triumphant. Charles Poniatowski played... | |
 | 1840 - 372 pages
...Narcissus are ? Oh, if thou have Hid them in some flowery cave, Tell me but where, Enter COMUS. Comus. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pages
...resounding grace to all Heaven's harmonies. Enter Cosirs. Comut. Cananymortal,mixtureofearth'smould, Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ! Sure something...vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down .. I, - ~ — ! Of darkness till it smiled ! I have oft heard My mother Circe, with the Sirens three,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...Enter COMUS. Comas. Can any mortal mixture of earth's Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? 245 smooth-shaven green. To behold the wandering Moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one 250 At every fall smoothing the raven-down Of darkness, till it smil'd ! I have oft heard My mother... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1841 - 312 pages
...may'st thou be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all Heav'u's harmonies. Comus. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment 1 Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify... | |
 | Charles McKay - 1842 - 222 pages
...FEAST 75 (Canto VI. THE DOOM 101 (Canto va. THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE . .119 THE SALAMANDKINE. Canto &— Can any mortal mixture of Earth's mould Breathe such divine, enchanting ravishment ? COHUS. Hark what radiant state she spreads, Shooting her beams like silver threads; — This, this,... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all heaven's harmonies. Enter COMUS. 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 smiled ! I have oft... | |
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