 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
 | Margaret Kean - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 196 pages
...Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And madest it pregnant: What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the highth 10 of this great Argument" I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Book... | |
 | Andrew Milner - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 360 pages
...account of the moral purpose of Paradise Lost is given in the poem's opening invocation of the muse: That to the highth of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. (Paradise Lost: I, 24-6) This is already very different from Genesis: where the Judaic... | |
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