HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal 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... Paradise lost, a poem - Page 49by John Milton - 1823Full view - About this book
| John Toland - Christian literature, Early - 1761 - 278 pages
...light ; ofspring of heaven firftborn, Or of th'eternal coeternal beam, May I exprefs thee unblam'd ? Since God is light, And never but in unapproached...eternity, dwelt then in thee Bright effluence of bright efience increate. Or hearft thou rather pure ethereal ftream, Whofe fountain who fhall tell ? Before... | |
| Francis Fitzgerald - 1787 - 772 pages
...offspring of heaven [ firft born, Or of th' Eternal co-eternal beam ! May we exprefs thee unblamed ? fmce GOD is light, And never but in unapproached light...eternity ; dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright eflence increate ! Whofe fountain who (hall tell ? before the fun, Before the heavens thou wert After... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...offspring of heav'n firft-born ! Or, of th' Eternal, coetcrnal biarp ! May I exprefs thee unblam'd ! fince God is light, And never but in unapproached light...eternity ; dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright eflence increate. Or, hear!it thou, rather, pure ethereal ftream, Whofe fountain who fhall tell ? Before... | |
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...Light, 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 efRuence of bright essence vOL. I, ft. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain... | |
| English literature - 1807 - 752 pages
...Hail.1 holy light, offspring of heaven, firft-born, Or of the eternal, co-eternal beam, May I exprefs thee unblamed ! Since GOD is light, And never but...unapproached light Dwelt from eternity : dwelt then in thcc, Bright effluence of bright eíTcncc uncrcate. " We have already obft-rved, that creation was... | |
| John Ireland - Christianity and other religions - 1809 - 454 pages
...offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of the eternal co eternal beam May I express thee uublamed ? Since Goi> is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. This result of the enquiry concerning the " one," will be sufficient to explain the doctrine in the... | |
| John Milton - 1809 - 494 pages
...eldeft daughter!" DUNSTER. Ver. 2. Or vf the Eternal coeternal beam May I exprefe thee unblam'd? lince God is light, And never but in unapproached light...eternity, dwelt then in thee, * Bright effluence of bright eflence increate. Or hear'fl thou rather pure ethereal flream, blame call thee, the coeternal beam... | |
| English essays - 1810 - 206 pages
...arrived from the country, stand before me. M. NUMBER IX. TUESDAY, FEBRRUARY 12th, 1807. Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal,...thee, Bright effluence of bright Essence increate. MIITON. the aniwer'would be — by the perception of a dazzling glory and effulgence. Whether this... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...of Heaven, fintr Or of the Eternal cocternal beam f bom, May I express thee unblam'd ? since God il light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from...bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell > liefore the Sun, fiofurc the Heavens thou wert, and... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...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...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence inereate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun,... | |
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