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

Just a fleeting vision Caught as I hurried by, A little scene elysian Under the morning sky.

From Sprays of Shamrock by Scollard, Clinton

Here European civilization, and European depotism first planted its foot in the elysian fields of the west.

From Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico by Norman, B. M.

Her soul was already up there, and its elysian paths knew the lightness of her feet.

From Jennie Gerhardt A Novel by Dreiser, Theodore