 | E H. Seymour - 1805 - 504 pages
...the sublimity of the theme; just as Milton invokes the heavenly muse's aid to his " • Adventurous song, " That with no middle flight intends to soar " Above th' Aonian mount." 276. " Into a thousand parts divide one man." Let every thing we shew be regarded as miniature ; in... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...with no middle flight inteffds to soar Above, th' Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattcmpted yet in prose or rhime. And chiefly Thou, O Spirit!...prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st ; Thou from th& first Wast present, 'and with mighty wings outspread... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...: or if Sion hill 10 Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; 1 thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous song, That...intends to soar Above th' Aonian mount, while it pursues 1 5 Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, O Spi'rit ! that dost prefer Before... | |
 | James Plumptre - Theater - 1809 - 318 pages
...Muse, whom he supposes to have inspired Moses, and then goes on to address the HOLY SPIRIT himself: 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 Vings outspread,... | |
 | John Black - 1810 - 528 pages
...canti quel primo, alto lavoro, Ch'è da voi fatto...» tu l'insegni... Tu, ch'el sai, tu'l rivela. *— And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples, th' upright heart, and pure, Instruct me, for thou Nelle tenebre allor de' ciechi abissi Lo Spirito divino, e sovra l'acque Era... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 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 to my advent'rous song. : In the fifth, sixth, and seventh lines of this passage, the pause in the sense falls so distinctly... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...heavens and earth Rose out of chaos : or if Sion hill [flow'cl Delight thce mure, and Siloa's brook that Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advcnt'rous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th' Aonian mount, while it pursues... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...heaven 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 B 2 Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 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... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - Middle East - 1812 - 402 pages
...of his design. / Rose out of chaos : or if Sion hill Delight thse more, andSiloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song. Lines which M. Delille has thus magnificently rendered : Toi done qui, celebrant les merveilles des... | |
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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... 
