 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 highth of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways of God to men....  Paradise Lost - Page 5by John Milton - 1896 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...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 height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways of God to Men.... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...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. SAY firit, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep tract of Hell, say first what cause Mov'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the \Vastprcsent, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satst brooding on the vast abyss, 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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 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... | |
 | James Plumptre - Theater - 1809 - 318 pages
...Instruct me, for thou know'st: thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty Avings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss, And mad'st...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.... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...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, And mad'st...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.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 564 pages
...Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings out spread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st...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.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 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 - 276 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,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1813 - 296 pages
...saerifiee sound to sense. For instanee, in the following lines of Milton: Pronuneiation or Delivery. -What in me is dark, Illumine . what is low, raise and support. The sense elearly dietates the pause after " illumine," whieh ought to he observed ; though, if melody... | |
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