 Their distance argues, and their swift return Diurnal,) merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot, One day and night : in all their vast survey Useless besides ; reasoning, I oft admire, How nature wise and frugal could commit...  English Poems - Page 22by John Milton - 1873Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1909 - 504 pages
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 | English poetry - 1776 - 478 pages
...incomprehensible (for such i. Their distance argues and their swift return Diurnal) merely to ofliciate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot,...vast survey Useless besides ; reasoning I oft admire, How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions, with superfluous hand So many nobler... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 282 pages
...to roll Spaces incomprehensible (for such .*o'I heir distance argues and their swift return Duirnnl) merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth,...vast survey Useless besides ; reasoning I oft admire, How nature wise and frugal could commit Such disproportions, witu superfluous hand So many nobler bodies... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...incomprehensihle (for such Their distance argues, and their swift return Diurnal) merely to offieiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot,...One day and night, in all their vast survey Useless hesides ; reasoning I oft admire, How nature wise and frugal could commit Such disproportions, with... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...Spaces incomprehensible (for such ce 1 heir distance argues and their swift return Diurnal) mere'y to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this...vast survey Useless besides; reasoning I oft admire, z£ How nature wise and fmgal could commit Such disproportions, with superfluous hand So many nobler... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...firmament compar'd And all her number'd stars, that seem to roll Spaces incomprehensible (for such 26 Their distance argues and their swift return Diurnal)...vast survey Useless besides; reasoning I oft admire, How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions, with surperfluous hand So many nobler... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...distance argues," and their swift return Diurnal,) merely to officiate light Round this opacpus Berth, this punctual spot, One day and night; in all their...vast survey Useless besides ; reasoning I oft admire, How Nature wise and frugal could commit Such disproportions, with superfluous hand So many nobler bodies... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...punctual spot, One day and night, in all thtir vast survey Useless besides ; reasoning. I oft admire, 35 How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions,...superfluous hand So many nobler bodies to create, Greater so mauifold. to this one me, For ought appears, and on their orbs impose 30 Such restless re- olution,... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Astronomy - 1816 - 490 pages
...firmament compared And all her number'd stars, that seem to roll Spaces incomprehensible (for such Their distance argues, and their swift return Diurnal)...vast survey Useless besides; reasoning I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions." MILTON. Many other proofs might also... | |
 | Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 430 pages
...with the firmament compared And all her numbered stars, that seem to roll Spaces incomprehensible ' merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth,...One day and night, in all their vast survey Useless beside ; reasoning I oft admire, How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions, with... | |
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