 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
 | John Milton - 1842 - 980 pages
...heavens and earth Rose out of chaos : or, if Sion hill Delight theo 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... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English literature - 1842 - 676 pages
...thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous story, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th" Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme I" " Gentlemen," he said, " I resume :—The stockbroker was bewildered, but before any explanation... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...that flow'd Fast by die oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That witli no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian...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,... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - 1843 - 452 pages
...more they had passed a hundred yards a-hcad, and the sound of their movements was lost. CHAPTER XXV. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer, Before all temples, the upright heart and pure, Instruct me; for thou know'st. MILTOH. THE spot in which Carlo Giuntotardi had taken refuge is... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1843 - 592 pages
...heavens and earth Rose out of chaos : or, if Sion bill 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
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