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! Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain... Oeuvres de Delille - Page 180by Jacques Delille - 1832Full view - About this book
| John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal...fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal...fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the Heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising worldW waters... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, IVfore the Heav'ns thou wert, and at the voiee o enemy ean mateh a friend. With all the kindness...a lueky guess (When daily how-d'ye's eome of eour E.-sap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd I n that obseure sojourn, while in my flight Through... | |
| Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1826 - 548 pages
...never but in unapproacbed light Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in Thee, Bright Effluence of bright Essence increate ! — Or hear'st thou rather, pure...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. "t How pathetic is the very beauty of this invocation, when we consider the feelings with which it... | |
| John Milton - Bible - 1826 - 318 pages
...never but in una^iroachcd light Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee, 5 Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal...at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest 10 The rising world of waters dark and deep » Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the Sun, Before the Heavens thou wert, and at tile voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from... | |
| Bible - 1827 - 294 pages
...never but in unapproached light, Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal...stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, 8 Before the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising... | |
| Gift books - 1828 - 318 pages
...never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through... | |
| John Barber - Elocution - 1828 - 310 pages
...thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the Heav'ns thou. wert, and at the voice Of God as with a mantle,...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'dthe Stygian pool,though long detain'd In that obscure sojourmwhile in my flight Through utter... | |
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