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 Strachan - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 212 pages
...heavens and the earth Rose out of chaos; or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook 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, while it pursues... | |
| Catherine Maxwell - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 292 pages
...those moments where Milton speaks of his inspired visionary flights heavenwards — ‘my adventurous song / That with no middle flight intends to soar / Above the Aonian mount' (1.13—15), ‘above the Olympian hill I soar, / Above the flight of Pegasean wing' ¿ In these moments... | |
| Eva Hänssgen - Classical literature - 2003 - 300 pages
...heav'ns and earth 10 Rose out of Chaos; or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flowed Fast by the oracle of God, I thence Invoke thy aid...advent'rous song. That with no middle flight intends to soar 15 Above th' Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou,... | |
| Ronald Paulson - Art - 2003 - 460 pages
...the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, I thence Invoke thy aid 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 Rhyme. (1.4—16) The Son of... | |
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