 | 1856 - 796 sider
...celebrates. But to enjoy it, the passage must be read as a whole. "Hail, holy Light I ofbpring of huven firstborn. Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, May...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream. Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun. Before the... | |
 | James Clement Moffat - 1856 - 300 sider
...that delight in which the spirit can repose : " Hail Holy Light, offspring of heaven, first born ! Or of the Eternal, coeternal beam ! May I express...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence iucreate ! Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1856 - 408 sider
...introduces the following beautiful apostrophe ' " Hail, holy light ! offspring of heaven first born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam ! May I express...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increatc. Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1856 - 344 sider
...advantage to the reader be here subjoined : Hail, holy Light 1 offspring of heaven first-born, Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee, unblamed...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or nearest thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 308 sider
...my poor words do I seek to tell its praise, when those of a master are ready to our purpose? " Hail, holy light, offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ; Or hear'st thou rather, pure, ethereal stream, Whose fountain, who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 sider
...wades, or creeps, or flies. MILTON ON HIS BLINDNESS. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of heaven first born, Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1858 - 314 sider
...poor words do I seek to tell its praise, when those of a master are ready to onr purpose ? • " Hail, holy light, offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence iucreate ; Or hear'st thou rather, pure, ethereal stream, Whose fountain, who shall tell ? Before the... | |
 | William Russell - 1858 - 312 sider
...2. Solemnity and Sublimity combined. MILTON'S INVOCATION OF LIGHT. " Hail! holy Light,—offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of the Eternal coeternal...thee, Bright effluence of bright Essence increate ! Or hear'st thou, rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell?—Before the sun, Before... | |
 | Samuel Hobart Winkley - 1858 - 406 sider
...of Milton's invocation would I speak, and say, " Hail ! holy Light ! offspring of heaven first born, Or of the eternal, co-eternal beam ; May I express...dwelt then in Thee, Bright effluence of bright essence incrcate." What thoughts are ours, when that great, that greatest possible Idea enters our minds! Heaven... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1858 - 350 sider
...ADDRESS TO LIGHT. From MILTON'S Paradise Lost. HAIL holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of th' Eternal co-eternal beam May I express thee unblamed...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or nearest thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the... | |
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HAIL, holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal 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. 
