 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...  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Pagina 546geredigeerd door - 1873Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1845 - 552 pagina’s
...so displaced." " 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." "Midnight shout and revelry, " Tipsy dance and jollity." " The sun to me is dark " And silent as the... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 868 pagina’s
...comelh to a subtil spirit. Bacon. Natural Hillary, Cent. vi. 560. How sweetly did they flote upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven dawn Of darkness till it smil'd ! Milton. Comut, 1. 251. A sweet regard and amiable grace Mixed with... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 pagina’s
...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. Such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss I never heard till now. I'll... | |
 | 1846 - 860 pagina’s
...grand and musical ever to be forgotten, his estimation of the ' soft and solemn breathing sound ' ' At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled.' Can the utmost familiarity ever rob that passaga of its charm ? But of all the poets, Shakspeare has... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1847 - 792 pagina’s
...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."* We know not to which of these passages the palm is due. We... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pagina’s
...hidden residence : How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty vaulted R K smil'd ! I have oft heard My mother Circe, with the Syrens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtlcd Naiades,... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1848 - 430 pagina’s
...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,...smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled ! I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1848 - 432 pagina’s
...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...smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled ! I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling... | |
 | 1849 - 640 pagina’s
...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!" Descriptive poetry resembles landscape painting in a measure, it is true; but instead of its addresses... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1849 - 432 pagina’s
...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-kirtled Naiades, Culling... | |
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