...14 Cbmitf. Con any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment! Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these...hidden residence : How sweetly did they float upon the wines Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness...

...i. or Milton's lines on the sounds of the lady's voice, in Comus : — ' How sweetly did iheyjloat upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted...smoothing the raven down Of darkness, till it smiled.' May not these figures be taken in succession upon the mind's eye, and yet so far lmked together, or...

...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 these...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...

...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...wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, aso At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smil'd ! I have oft heard My mother...

...flattery : Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould 3reathc such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that 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...

...Life, p. cxxx. 21 It has been uked where an illustration must be sought for the expression, ver. 2M, * At every fall, smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled :' and the entire silence of the commentators has been remarked. I shall, therefore, observe that there...

...apprehensions like a mighty dream."1 Take another instance also from Milton, where he speaks of music At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled. Here also it is impossible to perceive the mere logical connection of the images ; for, allowing darkness...

...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 their potent herbs and baleful drugs ; Who,...

...COMUS. Comas. Can any mortal mixture of earth's Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? 245 Sure th-shaven green. To behold the wandering Moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one empty vaulted night, 250 At every fall smoothing the raven-down Of darkness, till it smil'd ! I have...

...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...moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence : Howuweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty vaulted night, At every fall...