Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless... The World's Best Poetry ... - Page xxxiv1904Full view - About this book
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...Before the sun, Before the Heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest 10 The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from...formless infinite. Thee I re-visit now with bolder wing, I;scap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...Before the Sun, Before the Heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest 10 The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight 15 Thro'... | |
| John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...tell ? hefore the sun, Before tite heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won...void and formless infinite. Thee I re-visit now with holder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that ohscure sojourn ; while in my flight... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...Before the sun, Before the Heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest IO The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from...formless infinite. Thee I re-visit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight if Through... | |
| 1806 - 408 pages
...heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, _as wi'ha mantle didst invest The rising world of water? dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. . . Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian Pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn; while in my flight Through... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...before the sun, Before the heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didtt invest 1 0 The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Kscap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight 15 '11i... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...formless infinite. Thee I re-visit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through...of Chaos and eternal Night : Taught by the heavenly Mnse to venture do»B The dark descent, and up to re-ascend, Though hard and rare : thee 1 revisit... | |
| 1810 - 482 pages
...tell ? Before the sun, Before the Hcav'ns thou wert.and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won...formless infinite. Thee I re-visit now with bolder wing, EscapM the Stygian pool, though long destain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my 6ight Through utter... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...tell ? Before the sun, Before the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through... | |
| Nicolas Freeman, Antoine Jay - 1812 - 442 pages
...formless infinite. Thee I re-visit now with bolder wing , Escap'd the stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn; while in my flight Through...middle darkness borne^ ."With other notes than to th'Orphean lyre Isung of chaos and eternal Night, Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark... | |
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