Both Uses of
rapture
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- The attitude of rapture in sacred art, the raised and parted hands, the parted lips and eyes as of one about to swoon, became for him an image of the soul in prayer, humiliated and faint before her Creator.†
Chpt 4
- He rose slowly and, recalling the rapture of his sleep, sighed at its joy.†
Chpt 4 *
Definition:
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(rapture as in: listened with rapture) intense desired emotion -- usually extreme happiness