 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...place of his habitation, and is directed; alights first on mount Niphates. PARADISE LOST. BOOK III. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born;...Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then... | |
 | Nicolas Freeman, Antoine Jay - 1812 - 442 pages
...offspring of heav'n first-born , Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam ! May I express thee' unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity , dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1871 - 644 pages
...souls ! At such times the inspired language of the poet puts on a meaning that is unknown to others : " Hail, HOLY LIGHT, offspring of Heaven first-born,...Eternal, co-eternal beam, May I express Thee unblamed." And we mentally say to ourselves, " Blessed indeed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed."i... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1879 - 622 pages
...well as its emblematical character, exclaim — " Hail, holy light ! offspring of heaven, first born ! Or of the eternal, co-eternal beam ! May I express thee, unblamed? since God is Light." Thirdly, we remark light is essential to health. If plants and flowers receive little light they become... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' Eternal, coeternal beam ! May I express thee unblam'd ? Since God is light, And never, but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather,... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1816 - 490 pages
...light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th' Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'cl ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence inereate. Or hear'st thou rather,... | |
 | 1818 - 400 pages
...invocations that poetry can boast :— Hail, holy light, offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of tile Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed...light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effulgence of bright essence increate. Or bearest thou rather,... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 422 pages
...thee unblam'd ? Since God is light, And never, but in unapproach'd light Dwelt from eternity— -dwelt then in thee. Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1820 - 342 pages
...Light, offspring of Heav'n firet-bom ! Or of tb1 Eteraal coeternal beam May I express thee' unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee. Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather,... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 226 pages
...here, inquires of him the place of his habitation! and is directed: Alights first on mount Niphates. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born,...light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity; dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather... | |
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HAIL, holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. 
