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

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

The happy hunting grounds are merely a repetition of his present life, only in those blissful elysian fields a Good Spirit wills that game shall always be in abundance, and hunting facilities inexhaustible.

From Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography by Johnson, Clark, M.D.

Beyond their claims, the memorial parks, columbariums, homes of eternal rest and elysian lawns offered choice lots—with a special discount on caskets—on the installmentplan.

From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward