 Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, "Whose fountain...  The Poetical Works of John Milton. Edited, with Introductions, Notes, and an ... - Page 191by John Milton, Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1874 - 613 pagesFull view - About this book
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...effluence of bright essence increate : : , < Or hearest thou rather, pure ethereal stream, , . , -j Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, ....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 infinite. Thee I revisit safe,... | |
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...Dwelt from eternity—dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence uncreate! Or hear'at thou, rather, pure ethereal stream! Whose fountain who shall...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 infinite !' Such were Milton's... | |
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...sun, — Before the heavens thou wert ; and at the voice 10 Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd 15 In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight, Through... | |
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