_Shakspeare's Use of the Word "Delighted"_ (Vol. ii., pp. 113. 139. 200.
&c.).--The following passage from Douce's _Illustrations_ has not been
referred to by any of your contributors on this point; to some it may be
unknown:
"With respect to the much contested and obscure expression of
_bathing the delighted spirit in fiery floods_, Milton appears
to have felt less difficulty in its consideration than we do
at present; for he certainly remembered it when he made Comus
say:
"' ... one sip of this
Will _bathe_ the drooping _spirits in delight_
Beyond the bliss of dreams.'"