 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
 | 1843 - 350 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... | |
 | Eliza Slater - 1843 - 238 pages
...the lips of Haephsestion. He knew that the slightest hint would secure his friend's silence. TRUTH. O, Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples, the upright heart and pure. MILTON. HT^RUTH is the most beautiful of all things, and the J- love of it so characteristic... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1843 - 546 pages
...unlearned of spectators could not well avoid perceiving the scope and aim of this " Adventurous theme, that with no middle flight Intends to soar above the Aonian mount." Leaving all the merits of art out of view, we may naturally expect his sympathy in a work devoted to... | |
 | Church schools - 1844 - 456 pages
...and earth Rose out of chaos: or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and SUoa's brook that flow'd Past by the oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle Sight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 pages
...heavens and earth 10 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...advent'rous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar 15 Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou,... | |
 | Religion - 1845 - 600 pages
...ievere mental effort, or the imagination in an adventurous song, . That with no middle flight presumes to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme, the Sabbath is designed to furnish for each and all these, a season for repose. It is presumed that... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...and Siloa's brook that flowed Fast by the oracle of God, 4 I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, 5 while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. 6 And chiefly thou, O SPIRIT ! that dost... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 838 pages
...prove a fatal destiny to him, and to some of the rest of those gallant adventurers. Hmctll's Letten. Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to mine adventurous song, That, with no middle flight, intends to soar Above UY Aonian mount, while it... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1846 - 700 pages
...and deadenere of the harmony ? and for the same reason, the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth '! That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the...pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme, Länder. Certainly much better : for the harmony of the sentence is complete without them, and they... | |
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