My mind dwelt solely upon the pleasures of domestic lifethe surpassing bliss of loving and of being beloved.

Whoever shall recline A supplicant at his all-powerful shrine, Enjoys both this life and the next; in this, All earthly good, in that, eternal bliss!

My mind to me a kingdom is; Such perfect joy therein I find, As far exceeds all earthly bliss That world affords, or grows by kind: Though much I want what most men have, Yet doth my mind forbid me crave.

I feel the gales that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.

When this gentleman put the question, Cave answered as though it was asked in real earnest, and was cheered to the echo, not merely for his domestic felicity, but his cool contempt for any man who could so far forget connubial bliss as to sneer at it.

It melted in one's mouth and brought visions of celestial bliss.

Still Angels wisper in my ear We'll meet in heavenly bliss.

This society holds it for a religious duty to rejoice when any of their members are favored to enter a state of endless bliss.

ON THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE Mortal joys, however pure, Soon their turbid source betray; Mortal bliss, however sure, Soon must totter and decay.

Exultingly she led, and mutual bliss, Springing from mutual tenderness and love, Entranced their souls.

Thou hast, yet more to perfect this, A promise and an earnest got, Of gaining everlasting bliss, Though thou, my babe, perceiv'st it not.

"Though I own that what you ask me Would be pure, unbounded bliss, Yet, from hygienic reasons, I cannot allow a kiss.

Unrenewed by the influence of religious truth, undirected by the guiding hand of an Almighty Father, how shall such a creature reach the regions of immortal bliss?

So Spenser, in Colin Clout's Come Home Again, calls Queen Elizabeth, "whose angel's eye" was his life's sole bliss, his heart's eternal treasure.

Life knows no sweeter bliss.

Kiss, baby, kiss, mother's lips shine by kisses, Choke the warm breath that else would fail in blessings; Black manhood comes, when turbulent guilty blisses Tender thee the kiss that poisons 'mid caressings.

They had the usual theory that he was "made" for conjugal bliss: women always thought that of a fellow who didn't get drunk and have low tastes.

Soft were your hours, and wing'd with pleasure flew, No vain repentance gave a sign to you, And if superior bliss heav'n can bestow, With fellow-angels you enjoy it now.

It seemed to me that my head touched the skies, and that nothing was lacking to the culmination of my ecstatic bliss.

They storm the earth and stun the air, A mob of solid bliss.

With a heart elevated to almost absolute bliss he ate his breakfast, and drank his chasse, and smoked his cigar, and then rose slowly, that he might proceed to Mr. Grey's chambers.

The woman he had been watching through the first part of it as his essential bliss, he had left in a swoon, lying naked on the floor, and would not and did not go near her again.

In their society I could not miss A permanent, sincere, substantial bliss.

And if, in that supremest bliss, fate favors my design, And love is crowned, the lot of life contented I resign.

Considering the greatness of the original sum, the debt is not very large; but if it were less the congregation would be none the worse; and if it didn't exist at all they would be somewhat nearer bliss in this general vale of tears.