OF MAN'S first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, Heavenly Muse, that, on the secret... Poetics, an Essay on Poetry - Page 144by Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1852 - 294 pagesFull view - About this book
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...morial laste Brought death into the world , and all onr woe , T With loos of Eden , till one greater Man Restore us , and regain the blissful seat , Sing,...chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and carth Rose out of chaos : or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by... | |
| Theology - 1838 - 1074 pages
...heavenly muse, that on the sacred lop Of Oreb or of Sinai did inspire That Shepherd, who first taught llie chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos ; And chiefly that Great Spirit, who doth prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure." Hence... | |
| William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden ; till one greater...beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos, Monotone, at the commencement of poetic descriptions, adds greatly to the dignity and grandeur of the... | |
| John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us and regain the blissful seat, 5 Sing heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb,...heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos ; or if Sion hill 10 Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy... | |
| Religion - 1838 - 1082 pages
...Fast by the Oracle of God ;" and, "The heavenly muse, that on the sacred top Of Oreb or of Sinai did r } ; And chiefly that Great Spirit, who doth prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure." Hence... | |
| Theology - 1838 - 548 pages
...Fast by the Oracle of God j" and, " The heavenly muse, that on the sacred top Of Oreb or of Sinai did inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen...beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos; And chiefly that Great Spirit, who doth prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure." Hence... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1838 - 1076 pages
...Fast by the Oracle of God ;" and, " The heavenly muse, that on the sacred top Of Orel) or of Sinai did inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen...beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos; And chiefly that Great Spirit, who doth prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure." Hence... | |
| John Quincy Adams - Constitutional history - 1839 - 156 pages
...displayed, though not in the same perfection by the preceding legislator of the children of Israel; — " That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed In...beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos;" • but so little were they known, or conceived of in the antiquity of profane history, that in the... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1839 - 322 pages
...displayed, though not in the same perfection by the preceding legislator of the Children of Israel : — " That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed In...beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos ;" but so little were they known, or conceived of in the antiquity of profane history, that in the... | |
| Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1839 - 556 pages
...displayed, though not in the same perfection by the preceding legislator of the children of Israel ; — > " That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed In...beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos j" but so little were they known, or conceived of in the an^ tiquity of profane history, that in the... | |
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