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" And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now. "
Histoire de la littérature anglaise - Page 397
by Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 2409 pages
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British Theatre, Volume 11

John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...applause ; " Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, " And sweet in madness robb'd it of itself ; " But such a sacred and home-felt delight, " Such sober...certainty of waking bliss, " I never heard till now." — I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen. — Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough...
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Bell's British Theatre: Comus, by J. Milton. ... Love in a village, by I ...

English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...applause ; " Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, " And sweet in madness robb'd it of itself ; " But such a sacred and home-felt delight, " Such sober...certainty of waking bliss, " I never heard till now." —I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen. — Hail, foreign wcmder ! Whom certain these rough...
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Comus: A Mask: Presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, Before the Earl of ...

John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...applause: Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense. And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober...certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now. I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen. Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough shades...
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A Collection of Farces and Other After-pieces, which are Acted at ..., Volume 2

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1809 - 332 pages
...applause j Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'tl the sense. And sweet in madness robb'd it of itself. ]Jut such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now." — I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen. — Hail, foreign wonder, Whom certain these rough...
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Cœlebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits ...

Hannah More - English fiction - 1809 - 270 pages
...heard, to be accepted, though tacitly, to be referred to parents who I knew had no will but hers, Was such a sacred and homefelt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss . As I ne'er felt till now. During the remainder of the day I found no means of speaking to Kir'. Stanley....
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Illustrations of the Lives and Writings of Gower and Chaucer: Collected from ...

Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 470 pages
...applause: Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, And in sweet madness rolb'd it of itself; But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober...certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now ! — In the further avowal of his gratification, Gower's lore* • i says, And eke of other many a...
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Paradise regained. An account of Cowper's writings, relating to Milton. A ...

William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...applause: Vet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself ; But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober...certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now* I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen. Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough shades...
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Paradise Lost and Regained: With the Latin and Other Poems of John ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...applause : Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober...certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now. I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen. Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough shades...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...applause: Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense, And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober...certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now. I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen. Hail, foreign wonder} Whom certain these rough shades...
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Illustrations of the Lives and Writings of Gower and Chaucer: Collected from ...

Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 466 pages
...applause: Yet tliey in pleasing slumber iull'd the sense, And in sweet madness robb'd it*of itself; But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober...certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now ! — la the further avowal of his gratification, Gower's lover says, And eke in other wise also, Full...
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