 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
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...earth 10 Rose out of chaos: or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's hrook that flow'd Fast hy the oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar 15 Ahove th' Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose, or rhyme. And chiefly... | |
 | James Harris - Philosophy, Modern - 1841 - 616 pages
...of hatred, but of love. When, in the beginning of the Paradise Lost, we read the following address: And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer, Before all temples the upright heart, and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st this is not to be called an imperative sentence, though perhaps... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1842 - 308 pages
...more they had passed a hundred yards ahead, and the sound of their movements was lost. CHAPTER VI. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer, Before all temples, the upright heart and pure, Instruct me ; for thou know'st. MILTON. THE spot in which Carlo Giuntotardi had taken refuge... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - Historical fiction - 1842 - 464 pages
...minute, they had passed a hundred yards ahead, and the sound of their movements was lost. CHAPTER X. " And chiefly thou, O spirit, that dost prefer, Before all temples, the upright heart and pure, Instruct me; for thou know'st." MILTON. THE spot in which Carlo Giuntotardi had taken refuge,... | |
 | 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... | |
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