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Milton’s Comus, from the masque of that name, is shown in a forest, disguised as a shepherd. Entranced by the song of the Lady, he listens on bended knee and speaks these words:

“Can any mortal mixture of the earth's mould
Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?”