 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
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - English fiction - 1835 - 742 pages
...didst invest " The rising world of waters dark and deep, " Won from the void and formless infinite." " And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer " Before all temples the upright heart and pure, " Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first " Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 364 pages
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 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...and Earth Rose out of Chaos: or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flowed Fa«* by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to...mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in proec or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, О Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...posterity to know, he counteth it their interest." Or with Milton :— " My adventurous song, Which, with no middle flight, intends to soar Above the Aonian...pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme." Nursed in the schools, where as yet physical science was but a ridiculous collection of vague theories... | |
 | 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... | |
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