 Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings...  Papers for the schoolmaster - Page 161Full view - About this book
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...Sp'rit, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st: Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, 21 And mad'st it pregnant. What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...braecb'd with me. Stairfcare To BROOD, v. ». [brzdan, Sax.] z. To sit as on etrps, to hatch them. Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st branding un the vast abyss, And mad'st it premium, Miltan. Here nature spreads her fruitful sweetness... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread SO Dove-like satst brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark lllumin, what is low raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...know'st ; Thou from the I'M; t [spread Wast present, and with mighty wings ontDovc-like satst brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine, what is Ion' raise and support ! That to the hright of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence,... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support;... | |
 | John Black - 1810 - 528 pages
...da frale sconti Col suo caldo vital covata, e piena Trae non pennato' I figlio, e quasi informe, J Thou from the first Wast present ; and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st iipregn:mi, || Seco era allor, ch'all'ocean profondo Termine pose, e... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...^rhou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread, 20 Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me...is dark Illumine ; what is low raise and support; Thit to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways... | |
 | England - 1852 - 798 pages
...Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st : Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine : what is low, raise and support... | |
 | Classical philology - 1818 - 426 pages
...ever-blessed Trinity, causing a tremulous motion on the faces of the waters. So Milton, PL 1. 19. sqq. --- Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like, satst brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant But by the epithet dove-like, Milton, whose mind was a complete... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dovelike satst brooding on the vast abyss, And madest it pregnant: What in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support;... | |
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