 Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos; or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flowed Fast by the...  Walks about the City and Environs of Jerusalem - Page 72by William Henry Bartlett - 1844 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...heav'ns and earth Hose out of chaos : or, if Sion's bill Delight thee more, and Silva's brook that flow'd Fast by the Oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th' Aonian mount1, while it pursues... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...seed, In the beginning, how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos : or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flowed Fast by the oracle...middle flight, intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, O Spirit! that dost prefer,... | |
 | John Milton, John Mitford - 1851 - 450 pages
...and Earth Rofe out of Chaos: or if Sion Hill Delight thee more, and SiJoa's Brook that flow'd Faft by the Oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song, That with no middle flight intends to foar Above th' Aonian Mount, while it purfues... | |
 | John Milton, John Mitford - 1851 - 464 pages
...and Earth Rofe out of Chaos : or if Sion Hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's Brook that flow'd Faft by the Oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song, That with no middle flight intends to foar Above th' Aonian Mount, while it purfues... | |
 | David Armitage, Armand Himy, Quentin Skinner - History - 1998 - 300 pages
...67-84. 17 Samuel Johnson, The Lives oj the English Poets, ed. George Birkbeck Hill, 3 vols. (Oxford, aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar, Above the Aonian Mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme, (PL, 1, 13-16) The 'adventurous song' is... | |
 | Bob Perelman - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 200 pages
...Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos: Or if Sion Hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's Brook that flow'd Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous Song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th' Aonian Mount, while it pursues... | |
 | Neil Mercer, Janet Maybin - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 348 pages
...and Earth Rofe out of Cksai : Or if Situ Hill Delight thec more, and Siloa'i Brook that flow'd Faft by the Oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song, That with no middle flight intends to I ' '' • ., ^i-., /. . . distinctive varieties... | |
 | Stephen Adams - Poetry - 1997 - 260 pages
...Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth-» Delight thee more, and Siloa's Brook that flow'd-» Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence-» Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous Song, That with no middle flight intends to soar - ' I "'I" ' II - V ' Above th 'Aonian... | |
 | Andrew Carpenter - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 650 pages
...mimick: to represent or describe. 3. The second couplet probably echoes Milton's Paradise Lost i. 12-16: 'I thence / Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song....middle flight intends to soar / Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues / Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.' 4 maids of the woods, ie the muses. The... | |
 | Andrew Carpenter - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 662 pages
...to represent or describe. 3. The second couplet probably echoes Milton's Paradise Lost i, 12-16: '1 thence / Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, /...middle flight intends to soar / Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues / Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.' 4. maids of the woods, ie the muses.... | |
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