 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, And justify the ways of God to men. Say first—for Heaven hides nothing from  Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 2by John Milton - 1903 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1834 - 526 pages
...present, and with mighty wings outspread 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 height of this great argument 16 v. Ariosto Orl. Fur. ci st. 2. Orlando Iimam. di Boiardo, rifac. da... | |
 | Hannah More - 1834 - 422 pages
...connexion; mark the scale Whose nice gradations, with progression true, For ever rising, end in DEITY ! * What in me is dark Illumine! what is low, raise and support! Paradise Lost. MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES A SACRED DRAMA. Let me assert eternal Providence, And justify... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...present, and, with mighty wings outspreud, 20 Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine; what is low,...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 deep... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - English fiction - 1835 - 742 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - Life - 1835 - 370 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Henry Martin - Society of Friends - 1835 - 240 pages
...the "precious from the vile;" and in the beautiful words of the poet, may we put up the petition, " What in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support.'" CHAPTER II. THE article which stands first in these " Extracts," is one " from the Scottish Congregational... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...present, and with mighty wing« outspread, 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 height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1836 - 364 pages
...the lowly strain, Be as the meek wild-flower's—if transient, yet not • / XX. PRAYER CONTINUED. What in me is dark Illumine; what is low raise and support. Far are the wings of intellect astray, MILTON. That strive not, Father ! to thy heavenly seat; They... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 464 pages
...present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding ou the vast abyss, And madest it pregnant : what in me is dark 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 meu.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1837 - 242 pages
...euch 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 " illu~ mine," which ought to be observed; though, if melody... | |
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