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
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 710 pages
...heav'us and earth Rose out of chaos; or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flowM Fait by the oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song. Some relate that this spring suddenly issued from the ground to allay the thirst of Isaiah when the... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - Greece - 1814 - 544 pages
...heavens anil eartli Rose out of chaos; or if Sion hill Delight tlice more, and Siloa's brook that flowV Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song; lines which M. Delille has thus magnificently rendered: Toi donc qui, celchrant lea mertcilles del... | |
 | John Milton - 1815
...Ileav'ns and Earth Rose out of CLaos^or if Sion hill 19 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 15 Tilings nnattempted yet inprosoor rhyme. ,")fnd chiefly Thou,... | |
 | José Cadalso - 1818 - 424 pages
...Sion hill Delight thee mort^andSiha't brook tkadflvixM • Fast by the oracle of God; J thence Invade thy aid to my adventrous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th* Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose, orrhime, And chiefly Thou, 0 Spirit,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1819
...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 340 pages
...and Earth Rose out of Chaos! Or, if Sion hill 10 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 15 Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, O... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 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... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 292 pages
...and earth Rose out of Chaos : or, if Sion-hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Past 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 - 1823 - 304 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 la WAX »c anisi urooamg on tne vast abyss,/!... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - Conduct of life - 1824 - 348 pages
...and earth Rose out of Chaos : or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd. East by the oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my...dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure. Instruct me, for thou knowest: thou from the firs!. Was present and with mighty wings outspread,... | |
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