 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
 | Trebbe Johnson - Self-Help - 2011 - 322 pages
...has extremely high aspirations for their collaboration: Sing, heav'nly Muse I thence Invoke thy air to my advent'rous song That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th'Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhime. As a daughter of the goddess... | |
 | Margaret Kean - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 196 pages
...Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos: Or if Sion Hill 4 Delight thee more, and Siloa's Brook 5 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, 6 while it pursues... | |
 | Philip Shaw - Sublime, The - 2006 - 190 pages
...and Siloa's brook that flowed Fast by the oracle of Cod; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above...pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. (Book i, lines 1-16; Milton 1980) Soaring above 'the Aonian Mount' or Helicon, the sacred mount of... | |
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