 | 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... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1848 - 416 pages
...his earliest earliest prayer in the inimitable opening of his work was not offered in vain : — ' 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 AVast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pages
...and Earth Rose out of Chaos : Or if Sihon hill 10 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, Above the Altaian mount, while it pursues 15 Things unattempted y<rt in prose or... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...heav'ns and earth Hose out of chaos : or, if Sion's bill Delight thee more, and Silva's brook that flow'd Fast by the Oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid...no middle flight intends to soar Above th' Aonian mount1, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1849 - 296 pages
...advent'rous song, Things unattcmpted yet in prose or rhyme. Above th' Aonian mount, while it pursues 14 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,... | |
 | George Harris - 1849 - 540 pages
...Channing have felt and recorded it. How beautifully and affectingly we read it in the blind bard : — " And chiefly thou, O Spirit ! that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou knowest : what in me is dark, Illumine ! what is low, raise and support ! That... | |
 | John Milton, James Prendeville - Bible - 1850 - 452 pages
...heav'ns 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...no middle flight intends to soar' Above th' Aonian mount,8 while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose, or rhyme.4 IT And chiefly Thou, 0 SPIRIT... | |
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Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the... 
