 | John Milton - 1857 - 470 pages
...light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt llicn in lliee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Orhear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who...Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of Uod, as with a mantle, didst inve;t The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and... | |
 | William Russell - 1858 - 312 pages
...2. Solemnity and Sublimity combined. MILTON'S INVOCATION OF LIGHT. " Hail! holy Light,—offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of the Eternal coeternal...rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell?—Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and, at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1858 - 314 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Hobart Winkley - 1858 - 406 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...! offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamedl2 since God is light, And never but in unapproached...essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream,3 Whose fountain who shall tell ? 4 Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the... | |
 | John A. Ramsaran - 1973 - 246 pages
...express thee unblam'd? since God is Light, And never but in unapproached Light Dwelt from Etemitie, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence...Fountain who shall tell? 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... | |
 | Emory Elliott - 1988 - 1312 pages
...for instance, a passage from Milton's Paradise Lost (3.1-6): Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of the Eternal coeternal beam. May...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. If one were to scan this passage in strictly iambic terms, the first word, "hail," would not be emphasized.... | |
 | Regina M. Schwartz - 1988 - 160 pages
...seeing), to exhibit himself: "May I express thee unblam'd?" And then he proceeds to the full disclosure: "since God is Light, / And never but in unapproached...thee, / Bright effluence of bright essence increate" (III. 3-6). This pattern of advance, retreat, followed by disclosure, is repeated throughout an invocation... | |
 | J. Robert Baker, Larry Nyberg, Victoria M. Tufano - 1993 - 236 pages
...express thee unblam'd? since God is Light, And never but in unapproached Light Dwelt from Eternitie, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence...Fountain who shall tell? 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... | |
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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... 
