 Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings...  Aeneidea, Or, Critical, Exegetical, and Aesthetical Remarks on the Aeneis ... - Page 153by James Henry - 1873Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1795 - 260 pages
...ihither prone in flight He speeds,-— and through the vast ethereal sky. v. 267. Up on the third, what in me is dark Illumine, — what is low raise and support; !. 23. as th/-' wakeful hird Sines darkling, — and in shadiest covert hid. iii. 39. Upon the fourth,... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st: Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings...outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, 21 And mad'st it pregnant. What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support ; That to the... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...Instruct me, for Thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread zo Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st...this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways of God to Men. SAY first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...braecb'd with me. Stairfcare To BROOD, v. ». [brzdan, Sax.] z. To sit as on etrps, to hatch them. Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st branding un the vast abyss, And mad'st it premium, Miltan. Here nature spreads her fruitful sweetness... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...Instruct me, for Thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread SO Dove-like satst brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark lllumin, what is low raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 320 pages
...readers. Thus the present passage in the Psalmist was in all probability in his mind when he wrote — " And with mighty wings outspread, " Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss." Par. Lost, L. 20, B. 1. o 3 ~*"- aA The third verse of the civ. " He maketh the clouds his chariot,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 330 pages
...cases it is best to sacrifice sound to sense. For instance, in the following lines of Milton : — — What in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support. The sense clearly dictates the pause after « illumine," which ought to be observed ; though, if melody... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1808 - 698 pages
...present passage in the Psalmist was in all probability in his mind when he wrote — * t - • • " And with mighty wings outspread, " Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss." Par. Lost, L. 20, B. 1. o3 The third verse of the civ. Psalm— » • • • " He maketh the clouds... | |
 | John Black - 1810 - 528 pages
...frale sconti Col suo caldo vital covata, e piena Trae non pennato' I figlio, e quasi informe, J Thou from the first Wast present ; and with mighty wings...Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st iipregn:mi, || Seco era allor, ch'all'ocean profondo Termine pose, e die sue leggi all'onde j E quand'... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...me, fur Thou know'st ; Thou from the I'M; t [spread Wast present, and with mighty wings ontDovc-like satst brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine, what is Ion' raise and support ! That to the hright of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence,... | |
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