...high, '* And underneath his Feet he caft *' The Darknefs of the Sky. " On Cherubs and on Cherubims " Full royally he rode, ** And on the Wings of mighty Winds *' Came flying all abroad. A Line of Chaucerfsju&novr offers itfelf to my Memory, which has almoft all the Arts of Poetry in it....

...The description is as follows : ( • — And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs ; In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out ; . With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running ;• Untwisting...

...from above, And bow'd the Heav'ns moft highy And underneath his Feet he cad The Darknefs of the Sky . On Cherub and on Cherubim Full royally he rode ; And on the Wings of all the Wind) Came flying all abraad. . i • ,- . Form, and in the moft fplendid Ornaments, they have...

...And bow'd the heav'ns moft high ; And underneath his feet He caft The darknefs of the fky. On cherubs and on cherubim Full royally he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad. Ancafter. • J. HE fpacious firmament on high, With all the wide expanfe of fky, And fpangled heav'ns,...

...cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, l 3 ^ Married to immortal Verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, x With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, * The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all...

...from above, And bowed the heavens high, And underneath His feet He cast The darkness of the sky. " On cherub and on cherubim Full royally He rode ; And...the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad." On sublime sounds we need not linger, further than to say that association has much to do with the...

...Heavens high, And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. On cherubs and on cherubims Full royally he rode, And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad." This passage, Kirke White adduces as " a brilliant, yet probably accidental exception to the general...

...Match'd with these strains of linked sweetness ' wrought.' — See Milton's 1'Allegro, line 139. ' In notes, with many a winding bout ' Of linked sweetness long drawn out.' Verses 59, — 68. ' Listen, listen, to my Lay ! ' Hear, and head me, and be bless' d!' — The...

...eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through'mazes running, Untwisting all the...

...And underneath his feet he cait The darkness of the sky : On cherubs and on cherubims s Full royalty he rode, And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad, &c. &c. &c." Then was sung by the company the civ.th Psalm, a few verses of which I shall give. " O...