 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 6by John Milton - 1903 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 - German literature - 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... | |
 | Prof Earl Miner, Earl Roy Miner, William Moeck, Steven Edward Jablonski - Poetry - 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.... | |
 | Trebbe Johnson - Self-Help - 2011 - 320 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 - Epic poetry, English - 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 - Das Erhabene - Literaturtheorie - 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... | |
 | 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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