 Before all temples the 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 vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine ; what...  Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books - Page 16by John Milton - 1849 - 283 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...mighty wings outspread 19 Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support;...this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to Men. Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy vievf, Nor the deep... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...mighty wings outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, 21 And mad'st it pregnant. What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support...25 And justify the ways of God to Men. Say first, forHeav'n hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep tract of Hell j say first what cause Mov'd our... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...mighty wings outspread zo Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support...And justify the ways of God to Men. SAY first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep tract of Hell, say first what cause Mov'd our grand... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...mighty wings outspread Dove-like satt'st •brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support;...this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to Man. Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...SO Dove-like satst brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark lllumin, what is low raise and support ; That to the height...And justify the ways of God to men. Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep tract of Hell, say first what cause Mov'd our grand... | |
 | James Plumptre - Theater - 1809 - 318 pages
...mighty Vings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine ! what is low raise and support...this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of GOD to man. Par. Lost, BI 1. 17. And at the beginning of the 7th Book, he invokes... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...raise and support ; That to the heighth of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Say first, for Heaven...view, Nor the deep tract of Hell ; say first, what cans* Mov'd our grand parents, in that happy ttate, FavourM of Heaven so highly, to fall off From their... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...mighty wings outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support;...this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And ''justify the ways of Ged to men. Say first, for heaven hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine ; what is low raise and support; Thit to the height of this great argument I may assert...And justify the ways of God to men.^ Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep tract of Hell ; say first, what pause Mov'd our grand... | |
 | England - 1852 - 798 pages
...mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine : what is low, raise and support...this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men." The First is taken, hint and form both, from Homer. Homer, girding... | |
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