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...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through...

...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the...bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne,...

...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the...deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee 1 revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn;...