Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both... Paradiso perduto di Milton - Page 220by John Milton - 1852Full view - About this book
| John Broadbent - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 364 pages
...was instructing Eve earlier, he described the songs they both heard : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when...their great Creator: oft in bands While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk With heavenly touch of instrumental sounds In full harmonic number... | |
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