 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
 | Longinus - Rhetoric, Ancient - 1836 - 396 pages
...thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flowed Fast by the oracle of God, — I thence 2 c 2 Invoke thine aid to my advent'rous song, That, with no middle flight, intends to soar Ahove the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. BOOK i. P. 1 15.... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...heavens and earth Rose out of chaos : or, if Siou hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow M Fast by the oracle of God : I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous soug, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above lue Aouian mount, while it pursues... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...bare a son, and called his name Samson, and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.—Judges xiii. t And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples, the upright heart and pure. Instruct me—what in me is dark Illumine, what low, raise and support.—MILTON. Father of light... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...heavens and earth Rose out of chaos : Or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flowed 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... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1840 - 572 pages
...Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God; I thence it * Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar 15 Above th' Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose, or rhyme. And chiefly... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...earth 10 Rose out of chaos: or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's hrook that flow'd Fast hy the oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar 15 Ahove th' Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose, or rhyme. And chiefly... | |
 | James Harris - Philosophy, Modern - 1841 - 616 pages
...of hatred, but of love. When, in the beginning of the Paradise Lost, we read the following address: And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer, Before all temples the upright heart, and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st this is not to be called an imperative sentence, though perhaps... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1842 - 308 pages
...more they had passed a hundred yards ahead, and the sound of their movements was lost. CHAPTER VI. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer, Before all temples, the upright heart and pure, Instruct me ; for thou know'st. MILTON. THE spot in which Carlo Giuntotardi had taken refuge... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - Historical fiction - 1842 - 464 pages
...minute, they had passed a hundred yards ahead, and the sound of their movements was lost. CHAPTER X. " And chiefly thou, O spirit, that dost prefer, Before all temples, the upright heart and pure, Instruct me; for thou know'st." MILTON. THE spot in which Carlo Giuntotardi had taken refuge,... | |
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