 | William Henry Milburn - 1858 - 314 sider
...my 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,...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... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1859 - 322 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,...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate; Or hear'st thou rather, pure, ethereal stream, Whose fountain, who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 432 sider
...countenance, the tinted earth and gorgeous firmament." " Hail, holy Light ! offspring of Heaven first born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate! Before the sun — Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 sider
...eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence1 of bright essence increate. Or near'st thou rather2 pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell...mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark aud deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 424 sider
...inquires of him the place of his habitation, and is directed; alights first ou Mount Niphates. HAIL, hoty Light! offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. 'Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, I Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun Before the... | |
 | William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - 1860 - 384 sider
...those of a master are ready to our purpose ? " Hail, holy light, offspring of Heaven, first -bora, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam ; May I express...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ; Or hear'st thou rather, pure, ethereal stream, Whose fountain, who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 sider
...itself, but thee. BEN JONSON. ' figfet. 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 hearst thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the... | |
 | John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 578 sider
...Dwelb from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! f /Or hear 'at thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain...voice ^**^ Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest 10 The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit... | |
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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... 
