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
| Jeffrey Wainwright - Language Arts & Disciplines - 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... | |
| Chas Clifton, Graham Harvey - Anthologies - 2004 - 404 pages
...Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos: Or !fSion hill Delight thee more, and Siioa's brook thatflow'd Fast by the oracle of God: I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song That with no middleflight intends to soar Above th'Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose... | |
| Udo Friedrich, Bruno Quast - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 392 pages
...dass sein Gesang sich über den Bereich der Sterblichen und den Musenberg hinaus in den Himmel hebe (,My advent'rous song, / That with no middle flight intends to soar / Above the Aonian mount', PL 1,13-15), damit er von unsichtbaren Dingen erzählen kann: , that I may see and tell / Of things... | |
| Earl Roy Miner, William Moeck, Steven Edward Jablonski - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 520 pages
...contexts. The resemblances are hardly likely to derive from an inadvertence of the poet. Book 1.13-15 .. . my adventrous Song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th' Aonian Mount. . . 23-24 What is low raise and support; That to the highth of this great Argument.... | |
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