 HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the 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...  The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton: With Life - Side 44af John Milton - 1855 - 491 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | George Croly (Rev., ed) - 1854
...spirits uphold. FROM " PARADISE LOST." BOOK III. I Hail, holy light, offspring of heaveu first born, j Or of the eternal, co-eternal beam ! May I express...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence uncreate ! Or nearest thou, rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the... | |
 | John Milton - 1854
...eternity ; dwelt then in thee, 5 Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather3 pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell...at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest 10 The rising world of waters3 dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit... | |
 | John Milton - 1855
...alights first on Mount Niphates. THIRD BOOK. HAIL, holy Light ! offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed...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... | |
 | 1833
...of uncreated heat." " Hail, holy light; offspring of heaven first born ! Of the eternal co-etevnal beam. May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light,...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou, rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who can tell ? Celestial light, Shine inward,... | |
 | 1856
...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 - 284 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 - 396 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,... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 285 sider
...with 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,..., 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
...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... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 384 sider
...passage has been greatly admired. ADDRESS TO LIGHT. 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 hearest thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell'< Before the sun, Before the... | |
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