 Before all temples the upright heart and 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 it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine ; what...  The poetical works John Milton. Repr., with memoir, notes, &c - Page 70by John Milton - 1873Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1853 - 474 pages
...present, and, with mighty wings outspread. Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And madest it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine ; what...And justify the ways of God to men. Say first, for Heaven hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep tract of hell; say first, what cause Moved our grand... | |
 | William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pages
...first Wast 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;...may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man. ACCUSING, — APPEALING. BOLINGBROKE ACCUSING MOWBRAY. First, (heaven be the record... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...the first Wast 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;...may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Milton. From heaven descend the drops of dew, From heaven the gracious showers, Earth's... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - Bible - 1854 - 276 pages
...not the Judge of all the earth do right?" Well does Milton pray, at the beginning of Paradise Lost, " What in me is dark Illumine, what is low, raise and...may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man." 1. Therefore. This indicates too close a logical sequence, where scarcely any exists.... | |
 | John Milton - 1854 - 534 pages
...present, and with mighty wings outspread, 20 Dove-like sat'st brooding3 on the vast abyss, And madest it pregnant : — what in me is dark, Illumine ! what...this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways of God to men. Say first, — for Heaven hides nothing from thy view, Nor the... | |
 | John Milton - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 pages
...present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mildest it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine ; what...And justify the ways of God to men. Say first, for heaven hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep tract of hell ; say first what cause Moved our grand... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...and wild; A dungeon horrible on all sides round Dove-like satst brooding1 on the vast abyss, And made it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine, what is...may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 From Genesis i. 2, " And the Spirit of God brooded upon the waters" (Hebrew). As one... | |
 | David Dobie - Bible - 1856 - 338 pages
...that dost prefer Before all temples, the upright heart, and pure, Instruct me, for thou knowest ; — what in me is dark Illumine ; what is low, raise,...may assert eternal Providence And justify the ways of God to man! CHAPTER VII. GENERAL RTTLES FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE. A RULE of interpretation,... | |
 | William Sherwood - Conversation - 1856 - 466 pages
...taught ' the chosen seed, In the heginning | how ' the Heavens and Earth ' Rose ' out of chaos ; » * * what in me is dark | Illumine, what is low | raise...assert ' eternal Providence, And justify | the ways of God ' to men. — Milton. Ordinary persons, particularly children, are fonder of reading poetry... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flowed Fast by the oracle of God. Book i. Line 22. What in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise...may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Book i. Line 62. Yet from those flames No light ; but only darkness visible. Book i.... | |
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