Fast by the oracle of God, I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before... Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 2by John Milton - 1903 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...PARADISE LOST. Rose out of chaos : or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God, I thence Invoke thy aid...song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th' Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhime. heav'ns and earth] Alluding... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...and Earth Rose out of chaos : orifSionhill Delight thee more, and Siloa'« brook that flow'd [MILTON. st more | th' Aonian mount, while it purgue» Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, О... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 502 pages
...heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos. Or if Sion hill 10 Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid...: That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th' Aonian mount, while it pursues 15 Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou. О... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...himself; so, of necessity, There must be a power superior to nature. Tourneur's Atheist's Tragtdy. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples, the upright heart and pure Instruct me, for thou know'st. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 1. Beyond compare the Son of God was... | |
| Jacques Delille - English poetry - 1824 - 432 pages
...Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos : Or, if Sion-hill " Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God : I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the' Aoniau mount, while it pursues... | |
| John Milton - 1825 - 474 pages
...flight intends to soar 8 PARADISE LOST. Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things uuattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, O Spirit,...dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'ot; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread,... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos : Or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos: or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues... | |
| Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1829 - 464 pages
...his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.* * And chiefly thou O spirit that dost prefer Before all temples, the upright heart and pore, Instruct me—what in me is dark illumine, what low, raise and support.—MILTON. Father of light... | |
| Michael Russell (bp. of Glasgow and Galloway.) - Palestine - 1831 - 466 pages
...the chosen seed, Rose out of Chaos; or, if Zion Hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flowed Fast by the oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song." Paradise Lost, book i. find on the opposite page a representation of the Fountain or Pool of Siloam,... | |
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