 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, And justify the ways of God to men. Say first—for Heaven hides nothing from  Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 2by John Milton - 1903 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1874 - 588 pages
...and thus implores: " What we see dark, Illumine, what is low raise and support; That, to the height of this great argument, I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men." Pope thinks he can do no better than appropriate this last line of Milton ; and when... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...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 height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways of God to Men.... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...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 is low raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways of God to Men.... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumin, what is low raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Say first, forHeav'n hides nothing from thy Nor the deep tract of Hell, say first what cau Mov'd our grand... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1808 - 328 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... | |
 | James Plumptre - Theater - 1809 - 318 pages
...present, and with mighty Avings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine ! what is low raise and support! That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of GOD to man.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 564 pages
...present, and, with mighty wings out spread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, 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.... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, Andjjustify the ways of Ged to men.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 260 pages
...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 reading,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1811 - 274 pages
...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 aler illumine, at the end of the third syllable, which, in reading,... | |
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