 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
 | Joseph A. Dane - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 264 pages
...and Earth Rofe out of Chaos: Or if Sion hill 10 Delight thee more, and Sioa's brook that flow'd FaR by the oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous fong, That with no middle flight intends to foar Above th' Aonian mount, while it purfuàs ‘5 Things... | |
 | David Loewenstein - Literary Collections - 2004 - 160 pages
...subsequent lines describing his advent'rous Song. That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th' Aonian Mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhyme. The image of flight here (we think of Satan's own adventurous flight in the poem, as well as the presumptuous... | |
 | Chas Clifton, Graham Harvey - Anthologies - 2004 - 410 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...song That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th'Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhime. The Aonian Mount is Mount... | |
 | Jeffrey Wainwright - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 248 pages
...as presumptuous in the extreme. Milton is aware of this, referring to his poem as ... my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above...pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. (Paradise Lost 1,1.13-16) In these early lines Milton is doing two things. He is invoking the assistance... | |
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