 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...call ; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but, heavenly-born, Before the hills appeared or fountain flowed, Thou...Almighty Father, pleased With thy celestial song. Up led by thee, Into the Heaven of Heavens I have presumed, An earthly guest, and drawn empyreal air,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Literary Collections - 1968 - 400 pages
...strong emotions of delight or admiration. Before the hills appear'd, or fountain flow'd, Thou with the eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy sister;...her didst play In presence of the almighty father, pleas'd With thy celestial song. VII. 8-12. Or other worlds they seem'd, or happy isles, Like those... | |
 | John A. Ramsaran - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 246 pages
...on the top Of old Olympus dwellst, but Heav'nlie borne. Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flowd, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th'Almightie Father, pleas'd With thy Celestial Song. (PL, VII, 1-12) . . .still govern thou my Song,... | |
 | England - 1852 - 798 pages
...call : for Thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but, heaveuly born, Before the hills appeared, or fountain flowed, Thou...Almighty Father, pleased With thy celestial song." She is now named — Urania. (The former title given her — " Heaveniy Muse" — is equivalent.) But... | |
 | James L. Kugel - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 268 pages
...inevitably, remained untapped by the Counter-Reformation poet. Before the Hills appeared, or Fountain flow'd, Thou with Eternal Wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th' Almighty Father, pleas'd With thy Celestial Song. Up led by thee Into the Heav'n of Heav'ns I have... | |
 | Clara Claiborne Park - Literary Collections - 1991 - 260 pages
...the top Of old Olympus dwell'st, but Heav'nly born, Before the Hills appeared, or Fountain flow'd, Thou with Eternal Wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th' Almighty Father, pleas'd With thy Celestial Song. . . . Blind though he is, and "fall'n on evil... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...the top Of old Olympus dwell'st, but Heav'nlie borne. Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow'd, . th' Almightie Father, pleas'd With thy Celestial Song. (Bk. VII, 1. 1-12) 84 In darkness, and with... | |
 | Ellen Spolsky - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 292 pages
...Milton's invocation to Urania in Paradise Lost, Book 7: Before the Hills appear'd, or Fountain flow'd Thou with Eternal Wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th'Almighty Father, pleas'd With thy Celestial Song. (7:8-12) The parallel between Samson and Urania... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 630 pages
...I call; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st; but, heavenly-born, Before the hills appeared or fountain flowed, Thou with eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom412 thy sister, and with her didst play 10 In presence of th' Almighty Father, pleased With thy... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 500 pages
...strong emotions of delight or admiration. Before the hills appear'd, or fountain flow'd, Thou with the eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy sister;...her didst play In presence of the almighty Father, pleas'd With thy celestial song. [VII, 8-ia] Or other worlds they seem'd, or happy isles, Like those... | |
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Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing. The meaning, not the name I call; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st, but heavenly born. 
