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 Wesley - Methodist Church - 1839 - 812 pages
...light, and light for darkness, if this is not ? PREDESTINATION CALMLY CONSIDERED. THAT to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.—MILTON. 1. I AM inclined to believe, that many of those who enjoy the "faith which... | |
 | mrs hemans - 1839 - 408 pages
...lowly strain, Be as the meek wild-flower's—if transient, yet not vain. XX.—PRAYER CONTINUED. " What in me is dark Illumine ; what is low raise and support." FAR are the wings of intellect astray, MlLTOX. That strive not, Father ! to thy heavenly seat; They... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1839 - 694 pages
...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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1839 - 704 pages
...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... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - Literary Criticism - 1840 - 374 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 men.... | |
 | London city mission - Christian socialism - 1840 - 620 pages
...SPIRIT, that dost prefer Before all temples th" upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou knowest. 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.... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1840 - 572 pages
...from the first Illumine ! what is low, raise and support! That to the height of this great argument 25 I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Say first,—for heav'n hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep tract of hell,—say first, what cause Mov'd our grand... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1840 - 340 pages
...his purpose, so magnificently set forth in the crowning lines of the clause :— "That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal providence, And justify the ways of God to man..' Now, let any man attempt to tell to another the subject of Milton.s exordium. This... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 372 pages
...wild-flower's—if transient, yet not vain. 274 RECORDS OF THE SPRING OF 1834. XX.—PRAYER CONTINUED. "What in me is dark Illumine; what is low raise and support." MILTOS FAR are the wings of intellect astray, That strive not, Father! to thy heavenly seat; They rove,... | |
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