...somthing holy lodges in that brest, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testifie his hidd'n residence; How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night 250 At every fall smoothing the Raven doune 243 And give resounding grace] Edd. 1, 2, 1637: and hold...

...Heaven's harmonies 1 Comus. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine inchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast,...fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled ! I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery -kittled Naiades,...

...the hand which penned the foregoing lines penned the "Comus" from which we extract the following: — Can any mortal mixture of Earth's mould Breathe such...fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled! I oft have heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three Amidst the flow'ry-kirtled Naiades Culling...

...music, with his characteristic mutation into sensuous imagery, as of someone's hair being stroked: How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence,...empty-vaulted night At every fall smoothing the Raven doune Of darkness till it smil'd . . . [249-52] And from here we move quickly into the world of Ovidian...

...Diog. L. vu, 55 and 159. Milton's Comus (244 ff.) marvels at the Lady's song, at that in her which can 'Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something...moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence'. 1 IL n, 213. * See eg //. I, 541-50; Od. xv, 445. * P. 14. 4 Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific,...

...may'st thou be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to ail Heaven's harmonies! COMUS Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such...the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. How sweedy did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, 250 At every fall...

...somthing holy lodges in that brest, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testifie his hidd'n residence; How sweetly did they float upon the wings...empty-vaulted night At every fall smoothing the Raven doune Of darkncs till it smil'd . . . Meanwhile, her elder brother, realising that his sister is lost,...

...the song, and his comment in blank verse has a lyric strain: Can any mortal mixture of earth's mold Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something...fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled . . . Lorenzo to Jessica, Romeo to Juliet, had no more musical speeches: I'll speak to her,...

...music's authority in his masque. When Comus responds to the Lady's singing of 'Sweet Echo' he says: Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such...moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence; (lines 243-7) The Lady's singing is compared to that of his mother Circe and the sirens, which itself...

...Echo to find her two lost brothers, marvels at the difference: Can any mortal mixture of Earth's mold Breathe such Divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something...these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidd'n residence; How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night,...