| 1843 - 350 pages
...heavens and earth Rose out of chaos. Or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the Oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That, with no middle flight, intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues... | |
| John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...heavens and earth Rose out of chaos : or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues... | |
| Daniel Gardner - Constitutional law - 1844 - 324 pages
...great Fountain of Light. Humbly invoking celestial aid, in the language of Milton we would say : " And chiefly Thou, O, Spirit, 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,... | |
| Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 pages
...heavens and earth 10 Rose out of chaos. Or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid...advent'rous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar 15 Above the Aoniau mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou,... | |
| Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1845 - 352 pages
...Invoke thy aid .... to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight .... intends to soar . . . 15 Above th' Aonian mount .... while it pursues . . . Things unattempted yet .... in prose or rhyme. 2. O Muse ! . . . . the causes and the crimes relate ; What goddess was provoked, .... and whence... | |
| Hosea Beckley - Vermont - 1846 - 414 pages
...when the secrets of all hearts will be revealed : that Spirit to whom Milton devoutly prayed — " Thou, O spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st ; * * * * \V"hat in me is dark, Illumine : That I may assert eternal... | |
| Lady Catharine Long - 1847 - 596 pages
...and made them partakers of that " cdmfort wherewith he himself was comforted of God." CHAPTER XXXI. " Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer, Before all temples, th' upright heart and pure." MILTON. " Every day is dedicated to the service of the Lord, and bears upon it* golden hours this inscription,... | |
| Salem Town - American literature - 1847 - 420 pages
...nnd earth . . Rose out of chaos ! Or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flowed Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th' Aonian mount, while it pursues... | |
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