...swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cheruhims : the sudden blaze Far round illumined hell. Id. What in me is dark, Illumine ! what is low, raise and support ! Id. But he though blind of sight, Despised and thought extinguished quite. With inward eyes illuminated,...

...much worse, if the sense were sacrificed to the sound. For instance, in the following line of Milton, What in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support. The sense clearly dictates the pause after 'illumine,' at the end of the third syllable, which, in...

...powerfully expressive, at once, of the necessities of the preacher and the majesty of his theme. " 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 man."...

...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 &>ami) JDrama. Let me assert eternal Providence, And justify...

...worse, if the sense w?re sacrificed to the sound. For instaace, bitbe following line of Milton, — " What in me is dark, " Illumine ; what is low, raise and support," the sense clearly dictates the pause after illuming at the end of the third syllable, which, in reading,...

...Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dovelike satst brooding on the vast abyss, And madest it pregnant: What in me is dark, Illumine; what is low,...Providence, 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...

...Bartholomew fair. His book is entitled, ' The Law of Population ;' Ins motto is ' That to the height of this great argument, I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to Man ; ' and after exulting in the triumphant overthrow of the rival 'principle,' he continues...

...mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss. And mad'st it pregnant : what in mc 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....

...cases, it is best to sacrifice sound to sense. For instance, in the following lines of Milton: were What in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support. with what follows, and no pause made before the 4th or 6th syllable. So also in the following line...

...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 * " That Shepherd," Moses, who kept the flock of Jethro. I may assert...