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" Sleep; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air... "
The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author - Page 61
by John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806
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The Works of William E. Channing, Volume 1

William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1845 - 436 pages
...Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now." Lines 244-264. VOL. i. 2 "Spirit. — At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like...of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 372 pages
...silence Gave respite to the drowsy frighted steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtained Sleep ; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill 'd perfumet, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd...
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Imagination and fancy; or Selections from the English poets, with critical ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtained Sleep ; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Hose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and leish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more...
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Wanderings of a Pilgrim in the Shadow of Mont Blanc

George Barrell Cheever - Alps - 1846 - 430 pages
...stealing forth of the modest stars after the heat and glare of day, are in harmony. As in Milton, " At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich-distilled perfumes, And stole upon the air." For at such an hour the music of nature, passing...
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The Works of William E. Channing, Volume 1

William Ellery Channing - Slavery - 1848 - 430 pages
...Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now." Lines 244 - 264. VOL. i. 2 "Spirit. — At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill VI perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd...
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The Pilgrim in the Shadow of the Jungfrau Alp

George Barrell Cheever - Alps - 1848 - 242 pages
...stealing forth of the modest stars after the heat and glare of day, are in harmony. As in Milton, " At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich-distilled perfumes, And stole upon the air." For at such an hour the music of nature, passing...
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William Ellery Channing - 1849 - 432 pages
...Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now." Lines 244-264. VOL. I. 2 "Spirit. — At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like...of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,...
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The Juvenile companion, and Sunday-school hive [afterw.] The ..., Volumes 5-6

1856 - 666 pages
...enlarged, and your taste both gratified and improved. At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Hose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more...
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The Works of the British Poets, Selected and Chronologically Arranged ...

English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...silence Gave respite to the drowsy frighted steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep ; that even Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she miglu Deny her nature, and bo never more,...
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Milton's Poetical Works: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and ..., Volume 2

John Milton - Milton, John, 1608-1674 - 1853 - 380 pages
...silence Gave respite to the drowsy frighted steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep ; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like...of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,...
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