HAIL, holy Light! offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of the' eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee' unblam'd? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.... Oeuvres - Page 306by Jacques Delille - 1824Full view - About this book
| John Jortin - Classical literature - 1790 - 516 pages
...offspring of heaven firft born, Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam May I exprefs thee, unblam'd? fince God is light. And never but in unapproached light...eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright eflence increate.. Or hearft thou rather, pure, ethereal ftream, . Whofe fountain who mall tell ?.... | |
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th 1 Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee' unblanVd ? Since Gocl is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then u\ X\\«tt, Bright e/flufijice of bi'i^Ut essence VOL. I. 5, Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream,... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...Niphates. PARADISE LOST. BOOK THE THIRD. HAIL holy Light, offspring of Heav'n firstborn, Or of th' eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd...unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, 5 Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain... | |
| George Atkinson (serjeant-at-law.) - 1801 - 372 pages
...light, offspring of heav'n first born, Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam ! May I express thee unblam'd 1 since God is light, And never but in unapproached...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,... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...directed; alights first on mount Niphates. Jt~l AIL holy Light, offspring of Heav'n first born, Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee' unblam'd?...Since God is light, And never but in unapproached liglit Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, 5 Or hear'pt thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose... | |
| Johann Gottfried Herder, Herder - Aesthetics - 1806 - 526 pages
...light ! of -spring of-heav'n firtt-born or of th' eternal coëternal beam may J express thee umblam'd? since God is light and never but in unapproached light dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee ! -V Cm 93Hnber, ber Ьйе Drgatt ber вфо^Гч п befonmtt *, §etgt bfe 3Bunber bee ©eftd;te/... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...And never but in unapproached ligjto Dwelt from eternity, dwelt thca m 184 PARADISE LOST. Botk III, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st...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 10 The rising world of waters... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...place of his habitation, and is directed j alights first on mount Niphates. PARADISE LOST. BOOK III. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born;...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,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 564 pages
...mount Niphates. Hait., holy Light, offspring of Heaven, firstOr of the Eternal coeteinal beam [born, May I express thee unblam'd } since God is light,...stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the Sua, Before the Heavens thou wert, ami at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising... | |
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