elysian

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But Phillips’s songs—ethereal, elysian, toothsome—have inspired plenty of scholars and fans to go scouting for more information, beginning with the musical apparatus that might have been responsible for that celestial chiming.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 20, 2016

Now 2 & 3 Part Inventions, a work of elysian balance and serenity, is performed at N.Y.C.B.

From Time Magazine Archive

If you felt as much as you thought, And dreamed what you seem to dream, A world of elysian beauty Your ruined heart would redeem.

From Songs and Satires by Masters, Edgar Lee

What seems so is ——; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

We would see Jesus when our fading vision, Lost to the consciousness of earth and sky, Has only insight for the far elysian; We would see Jesus when we come to die!

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James