 | Daniel Gardner - Constitutional law - 1844 - 336 pages
...Light. Humbly invoking celestial aid, in the language of Milton we would say : "And chiefly Thou, 0, Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples, th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st : Tbou from the first "Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on... | |
 | 1846 - 352 pages
...Englishman with a lustre no where to be found in either the Greek or the Roman, — And chiefly Thou, 0 Spir'it, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright...heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st.— PARAD. LOST, Boot 1, 1. 17. Is not that a burst worthy of the wisest of men ? The best preparation... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Bible - 1848 - 418 pages
...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...upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st: Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1848 - 426 pages
...earliest prayer in the inimitable opening of his work was not offered in vain : — ' And chiefly Thou, 0 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 sat'st brooding on the... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1849 - 296 pages
...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...upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st: thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, 26 Dove-like sat'st brooding on... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...soar Above th' Aonian mount1, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples...th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou kr.ow'st; Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding... | |
 | George Harris - 1849 - 540 pages
...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 to the height of this... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - Heaven - 1851 - 328 pages
...tears. If this be heaven, then let us know what the Spirit saith concerning it to the churches ! 0, Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st. What in me is dark, Illumine ! what is low, raise and support! , • CHAPTER I. 9s 33iotn a 3h, talk... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - Poetics - 1852 - 310 pages
...soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, O Spirit ! that dost prefer Before all temples...upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st : Thou from the first Was present, and with mighty wing outspread Dovelike satst brooding on the vast... | |
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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 satst brooding on the vast abyss And mad'st it pregnant. 
