 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
 | Hugh Blair - 1831 - 284 pages
...such 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... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...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...Illumine ; what is low, raise and support ; That to the heighth of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread 20 Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st...me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support ; 16 v. Ariosto Orl. Fur. ci st. 2. Orlando Innarn. di Boiardo, rifac. da Berni, lib. ii. c. xxx. st.... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pages
...worse, if the sense were sacrificed to the sound. 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, at the end of the third syllable, which, in reading,... | |
 | Joseph Ivimey - 1833 - 314 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...support ; That to the height of this great argument 1 may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men." i .^~-i Book i. 1—25. The few... | |
 | Joseph Ivimey - 1833 - 320 pages
...Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like aat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mud'st it pregnant : What in me is dark, Illumine : what...support ; That to the height of this great argument 1 may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men." Book i. 1—25. The few other... | |
 | 1833 - 688 pages
...Before ail temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, t'or thou know'st; thou from the firlt Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like...brooding on the vast abyss ; And mad'st it pregnant. Et toi, toi qui, planant sur le sombre chaos PAR. LOIT. Où dormaient confondus l'air, la terre et... | |
 | Joseph Ivimey - 1833 - 316 pages
...Instruct me, for thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread, 20* Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st...it pregnant : What in me is dark, Illumine : what ia low, raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument 1 may assert eternal Providence,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 pages
...much worse, if the sense were sacrificed to the sound. For instance, in the following line of Milton, What in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support. The sense clearly dictates the pause after 'illumine,' at the end of the third syllable, which, in... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...present, and, with mighty wings outspread, 20 Dove-like sat'sl brooding on the vast abyss, And rnad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the highth of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways of God to men.... | |
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