 Of planets and of fixed in all her wheels Resembles nearest; mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear Listens delighted.  Readings on the Paradiso of Dante - Page 27by William Warren Vernon - 1900Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1886 - 634 pages
...nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her...charming tones, that GOD'S own ear .Listens delighted. Ev'ning now approach'd, For we have also our ev'ning and our morn, We ours for change delectable, not... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 486 pages
...nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her...charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted. 17. "That is," says Buti, "of the abundance of their beatitude. . . . And this swiftness and slowness... | |
 | John Milton - 1886 - 630 pages
...nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her...charming tones, that GOD'S own ear .Listens delighted. Ev'ning now approach'd, For we have also our ev'ning and our morn, We ours for change delectable, not... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1886 - 574 pages
...nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her...charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted. 17. "That is," says Buti, "of the abundance of their beatitude. . . . And this swiftness and slowness... | |
 | Cunningham Geikie - 1889 - 1064 pages
...nearest: mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular, Then most, when most irregular they seem; And in their motions harmony divine, So smooths her...charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted." J • Voluey'a Voyage tn Syrie, TO!, ii. p. 408, note. f Fixed = fixed stars. j Paradite Loit, Bk.... | |
 | John Milton - 1891 - 236 pages
...released her. For the same treatment of music as an abstract personification cf. PLV 625 — 627 : "And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her...charming tones that God's own ear Listens delighted." Crashaw (Musicks Duel!) speaks of the " precious mysteries that dwell In Music's ravished soul." 145.... | |
 | John Milton - 1892 - 654 pages
...nearest; mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular • Then most when most irregular they seem; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her...charming tones that God's own ear Listens delighted. Evening now approached (For we have also our evening and our morn — We ours for change delectable,... | |
 | Frances Emory Tower - 1892 - 584 pages
...melody of their chime. The words of Milton in respect to the planets may be no less true than poetic : 'And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her...charming tones, that God's own ear listens delighted.' And the lines of Addison may be prophetic of a grander reality than he supposed " 'In reason's ear... | |
 | John Milton - 1892 - 414 pages
...nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her...charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted. Evening now approached (For we have also our evening and our morn, — We ours for change delectable,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1892 - 558 pages
...melodie In this world here, and cause of harmonic. Chaucer, The Auembie <tf Fovla. - In their motion harmony divine So smooths her charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted. Milton, PL b. 6. 627. From admiration deep ; but now admire How I above those lighter bodies rise."... | |
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