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" 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 2
by John Milton - 1903 - 372 pages
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The Paganism Reader

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...
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Poetry: The Basics

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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Poetry: The Basics

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...
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The Paganism Reader

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...
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Präsenz des Mythos: Konfigurationen einer Denkform in Mittelalter und Früher ...

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...
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Paradise Lost, 1668-1968: Three Centuries of Commentary

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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The World Is a Waiting Lover: Desire and the Quest for the Beloved

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...
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John Milton's Paradise Lost: A Sourcebook

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...
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The Sublime

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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The Sublime

Philip Shaw - Sublime, The - 2006 - 192 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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