...the ribs of death. How sweetly did they flote upon the wings Of silence, through the empty vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smi1'd!— 2 Aerial music in the warbling wind, At distance rising oft, by small degrees, Nearer and...

...be 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...

...hidden residence : How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty vaulted Chambers smil'd 1 I have oft heard My mother Circe, with the Syrens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades,...

...with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence t How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted...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...

...or up 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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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."* We know not to which of these passages the palm is due. We...

...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,...