 | John Milton, James Augustus St. John - 1875 - 578 pages
...Epiit. ad Alexandrian Constantinop. apud Theodorit. Eccles. Hist. 1. 1, c. 4, p. 12, Edit. 1682. 8 Thee next they sang of all creation first, Begotten Son, divine Similitude, Jn whose conspicuous countenance, without cloud Made visible, the Almighty Father shines, liy whom... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 1925 - 450 pages
...appear, 80 Yet dazzle Heav'n, that brightest Seraphim Approach not, but with both wings veil thir eyes. Thee next they sang of all Creation first, Begotten...shines, Whom else no Creature can behold; on thee Impresst the effulgence of his Glory abides, Transfus'd on thee his ample Spirit rests. Hee Heav'n... | |
 | Martin Alfred Larson - 1926 - 60 pages
...of my Glorie, Son belov'd, Son in whose face invisible, is beheld, Visibly, what by Deity I am.16* Begotten Son, Divine Similitude, In whose conspicuous count'nance without cloud, Made visible, the Almightie Father shines.164 Other passages treating the same subject express the same idea: Beyond... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...appear, Yet dazzle Heaven, that brightest Seraphim Approach not, but with both wings veil their eyes. Thee next they sang, of all creation first, Begotten Son, Divine Similitude, In whose conspicuous countenance, without cloud Made visible, the Almighy Father shines, Whom else no creature can behold... | |
 | William Kerrigan - Literary Criticism - 1983 - 372 pages
..."disjoin" the praise of the Son from "thy Father's praise," Milton invents a doxology of subordination: Thee next they sang of all Creation first, Begotten...shines, Whom else no Creature can behold; on thee Impresst th'effulgence of his Glory abides, Tranfus'd on thee his ample Spirit rests. Hee Heav'n of... | |
 | James L. Kugel - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 268 pages
...singer among the angelic host in the company of God: Thee Father first they sung Omnipotent. . . . Thee next they sang of all Creation first, Begotten Son, Divine Similitude. . . . Hail Son of God, Savior of Men, thy Name Shall be the copious matter of my Song Henceforth, and... | |
 | David Rosen - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 260 pages
...more perfect state. From the first he embodies God the Father.28 The angels, in hymning him, call him Divine Similitude In whose conspicuous count'nance,...without cloud Made visible, th' Almighty Father shines, ... on thee Impresst th' effulgence of his Glory abides, Transfus'd on thee his ample Spirit rests.... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 630 pages
...appear, 380 Yet dazzle Heaven, that brightest Seraphim Approach not, but with both wings veil their eyes. Thee next they sang, of all creation first, Begotten...Whom else no creature can behold: on thee Impressed the effulgence of his glory abides; Transfused on thee his ample Spirit rests. He Heaven of Heavens,... | |
 | Robert Thomas Fallon - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 216 pages
...choir celebrates him as "of all Creation first / Begotten Son"; but in the same breath he is also the "Divine Similitude, / In whose conspicuous count'nance, without cloud / Made visible, th' Almighty shines" (3:383-86). Actually, both descriptions are articles of faith for the angels, who were not... | |
 | David Loewenstein - Literary Collections - 2004 - 160 pages
...creation of the Son and his subordination to the Father from whom he derives his power and strength: Thee next they sang of all Creation first, Begotten...shines. Whom else no Creature can behold: on thee Impresst th' effulgence of his Glory abides. Transfus'd on thee his ample Spirit rests. (383-9) Although... | |
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The full blaze of thy beams, and through a cloud Drawn round about thee like a radiant shrine, Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear, 380 Yet dazzle Heaven, that brightest Seraphim Approach not, but with both wings veil their eyes. 
