 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
 | John Milton - Bible - 1851 - 554 pages
...25, 26, which speaks of Wisdom in the same terms that are here applied to Light. Before the Heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle,...infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Sty.0-^ r>ooL though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight 15 Through utter' and... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...eternity ; dwelt then iu thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.3 Or hear'st thou rather,4 pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell...heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle,5 didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...from eternity- — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st 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 ! Thee I revisit... | |
 | John A. Ramsaran - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 246 pages
...before the Sun, Before the Heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a Mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from...formless infinite. Thee I re-visit now with bolder wing, Escap't the Stygian Pool, though long detaind In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through utter... | |
 | William Kerrigan - Literary Criticism - 1983 - 372 pages
...Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hears't 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. Thee I revisit now... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 630 pages
...shall tell? before the Sun,312 Before the Heavens, thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mande, didst invest 10 The rising world of waters dark and...revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian Pool,313 though long detained In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight, Through utter and through... | |
 | André Verbart - Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature - 1995 - 322 pages
...Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure Ethereal stream. Whose Foumain who shall tell? before the Sun, Before the Heavens...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. (III. 1-12) His... | |
 | Henry O'Brien - Art - 2002 - 556 pages
...Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st 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 *. But to prove that... | |
 | John Milton, Merritt Yerkes Hughes - Poetry - 2003 - 388 pages
...Dwelt from Eternity, dwelt then in thee, i Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure Ethereal stream, Whose Fountain who shall...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap't the Stygian Pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight is Through... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 2003 - 1084 pages
...1-12. For the thought and its background sec the 7. hear'st thou rather: wouldest thou prefer to be Before the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap't the Stygian Pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight 15 Through... | |
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