 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...dispute. But whether thus these things, or whether not; Whether the sun predominant in Heaven Else on the earth, or earth rise on the sun; He from the...her silent course advance With inoffensive pace that spinning sleeps 2 On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along;... | |
 | Gift books - 1853 - 358 pages
...first parents in the following exquisite lines : — " Whether the sun, predominant in heaven, Kir on the earth, or earth rise on the sun, He from the...silent course advance, With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears thee soft, with the smooth air along;... | |
 | William Hunter (rector of Ayr acad.) - 1857 - 130 pages
...proudly, rows Her state with oary feet. 436—9 That milky way thou seest Powdered with stars. 578—9 He from the East his flaming road begin, Or she from...silent course advance With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears thee soft with the sweet air along.... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1857 - 424 pages
...earth as if he had beheld it looking from some other sphere, when he bids Adam not to seek to know " Whether the sun, predominant in heaven, Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun j — He from the east his flaming road begin, Or she from west her silent course advance With inoffensive... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 622 pages
...otherwise have conceived so distinctly, and described with such obvious pleasure, the motion of the earth : Or she from west her silent course advance With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along.... | |
 | William Whewell - Science - 1858 - 582 pages
...otherwise have conceived so distinctly, and described with such obvious pleasure, the motion of the earth : Or she from west her silent course advance With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along.... | |
 | John Frederick Boyes - Books and reading - 1859 - 284 pages
...turn Metals of drossiest ore to purest gold ; " and, as regards the solar system, will not decide " Whether the sun, predominant in heaven, Rise on the...begin, Or she from west her silent course advance." <* THE appearance of earnestness and enthusiasm takes off much of the unpleasantness of egotism. Even... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 336 pages
...had beheld it looking from some other sphere, when he bids Adam not to seek to know "Whether the snn, predominant in heaven, Rise on the earth, or earth...silent course advance With inoffensive pace, that, spinning, sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even And bears thee soft with the smooth air along."... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 424 pages
...which returns Light back to them, is obvious to dispute. But whether thus these things, or whether not; Whether the sun, predominant in heaven, Rise on the...earth; or earth rise on the sun; He from the east his Baming road begin, Or she from west her silent course advance, With inoffensive pace that spinning... | |
 | John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 578 pages
...dispute. But whether thus these things, or whether not ; Whether the sun, predominant in heaven, 160 Eise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun ; He from the...silent course advance, With inoffensive pace that spinning sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along,... | |
| |