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" Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless... "
Paradise lost, a poem - Page 55
by John Milton - 1831
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Oeuvres de Delille, Volume 5

Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest...void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight...
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Georgiana and Her Father, Or, Conversation on Natural Phenomena

Selina Martin - Children - 1832 - 242 pages
...pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell .' before the sui Before the heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest...and deep Won from the void and formless infinite.' Observe, Georgiana, how conci : emphatically all this is describe< sacred revelation ! "The heavens...
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On the Life, Writings, and Genius of Akenside:: With Some Account of His Friends

Charles Bucke - Poets, English - 1832 - 328 pages
...GEORG. in Lib. de Hermo de Mund.* Thus Milton :— • " Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert; and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest...rising world of waters, dark and deep, Won from the dark and formless infinite." Thus Maximus Tyrius: — " God is the Father and Creator of every thing,...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of GOD, as with a mantle, didst invest 10 The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from...void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight...
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John Milton: His Life and Times, Religious and Political Opinions: With an ...

Joseph Ivimey - Poets, English - 1833 - 430 pages
...pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the Heav'ns thou wert, and, at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest,...void and formless infinite. Thee I re-visit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn,* while in my flight...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun. Before the heavens, thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest...void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool,though long detained In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight,...
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The Poetry of Life, Volume 2

Sarah Stickney Ellis - Life - 1835 - 370 pages
...ethereal stream, " Whose fountain who shall tell > Before the sun, " Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice " Of God, as with a mantle didst...deep, " Won from the void and formless infinite." " And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer "' Before all temples the upright heart and pure, "...
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Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 1

Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1835 - 574 pages
...ethereal Stream ' Whose fountain who shall tell : Before the Sun, Before the heavens, Thou wen, nnd at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest...waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite."t How pathetic is the very beauty of this invocation, when we consider the feelings with...
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The first four books of Milton's Paradise lost, with notes, by J.R. Major

John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...xxxviii. 19. ' Where is the way where light dwelleth ? ' Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee 1 revisit now with holder wing, Escaped the Stygian...detain'd In that ohscure sojourn, while in my flight 1 -"> Through utter and through middle darkness horne, With other notes than to the Orphean lyre, I...
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The Monthly Review, Volume 3

Books - 1835 - 642 pages
...bright essence increate— Thy fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep.'"—pp. 192, 193. Our author states, in relation to the nature, hahit, and character of light...
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