| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...Thou, O Spi'rit, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruft me, forThou know'st; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread 19 Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark Illumine,... | |
| John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...God i I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'roussong, That with no middle flight intends to soar Ahove the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted...And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before alt temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thou from the fitst Wast present,... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...unattempted yet in prose or rhime. And chiefly Thou, O Spi'rit, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st...first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread zo Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : What in me is dark Illumine,... | |
| English literature - 1805 - 570 pages
...of the Apostles with feelings congenial to those of our great epic bard : \ • And chiefly thou, О Spirit, that dost prefer' Before all temples the upright...and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st: thou from ihr frst Wait prêtent, and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding.' The bare enumeration... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...braecb'd with me. Stairfcare To BROOD, v. ». [brzdan, Sax.] z. To sit as on etrps, to hatch them. Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st branding un the vast abyss, And mad'st it premium, Miltan. Here nature spreads her fruitful sweetness... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...adventrous song, That with no middle flight 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 all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present, and with... | |
| James Plumptre - Theater - 1809 - 318 pages
...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, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...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 Things miattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...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 Things unattempted yet in prose or rhvme. >f- •*And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and... | |
| William Henry Hitchener - 1813 - 428 pages
...creation; he it was that divided the elements, and he it is can command their final dissolution. i Thou spirit that dost prefer before all temples the upright heart and pure,' hear me I entreaty : here would J build up to thee another towel., a tower no time can annihilate from... | |
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