| John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...offspring of heav'n first-born ; Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since GOD is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, 5 Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...offspring of Heaven first born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? Since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt...bright essence" increate, Or hear'st thou, rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens, thou wert, and... | |
| Antoine Jay - French literature - 1839 - 458 pages
...offspriug of heav'n first-born, Or of th'eternal coeternal beam , May I express thee'unblam'd? siuce God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright eftluence oi'bright essence increate. Or hear'st thon rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain... | |
| Chauncy Hare Townshend - Animal magnetism - 1840 - 604 pages
...offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt...bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the SUD> Before the Heavens thou wert, and... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...offspring of heaven first born ! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt...bright essence increate! Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, — Before the heavens thou wert ;... | |
| H. M. Melford - English language - 1841 - 466 pages
...of heav'n first-born.1 , ; Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam! May I express thee nnblam'd? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. (Par. Lost.) Parent of light, all -seeing sun, Prolific beam, whose rays dispense The various gifts... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light 5 Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence...bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, — Before the heavens thou wert ;... | |
| Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...express thee unblam'd? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from Eternitie, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure Ethereal stream, Whose Fountain who shall tell? [3.1-8] One is struck here by the modesty and humility... | |
| Emory Elliott - History - 1988 - 1312 pages
...offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of the Eternal coeternal beam. May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. If one were to scan this passage in strictly iambic terms, the first word, "hail," would not be emphasized.... | |
| Regina M. Schwartz - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 160 pages
...exhibit himself: "May I express thee unblam'd?" And then he proceeds to the full disclosure: "since God is Light, / And never but in unapproached Light /...thee, / Bright effluence of bright essence increate" (III. 3-6). This pattern of advance, retreat, followed by disclosure, is repeated throughout an invocation... | |
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