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
O, it interrupts your vision With its long, unceasing howl; It dispels your dreams elysian With insistence fresh and foul!
From Oklahoma Sunshine by Miller, Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin)
His and my eyes overflowed with holy gladness from a singularly elysian mood of harmony in anticipation of the coming day.
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
He was walking in some elysian realm which had nothing to do with the tawdry evidence of life about him.
From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore
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