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" 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 is... "
The Select Works of Mrs. Ellis: Comprising the Women of England, Wives of ... - Page 165
by Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1843
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Shakespeare's Christianity: The Protestant and Catholic Poetics of Julius ...

E. Beatrice Batson - 2006 - 198 pages
...limitations, John Milton concludes his invocation to Paradise Lost by asking the Holy Spirit: . . . what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. (1.22-26)...
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The Passionate Society: The Social, Political and Moral Thought of Adam Ferguson

Lisa Hill - 2006 - 312 pages
...expresses this intention by quoting beneath his chapter title Milton's famous passage from Paradise Lost: 'What in me is dark. Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That, to the height of this great argument, I may assert eternal Providence; And justify the ways of God to men'. PI.,...
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The Yale Book of Quotations

Fred R. Shapiro - 2006 - 1092 pages
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - 2006 - 732 pages
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The Bible and Its Influence

Cullen Schippe, Chuck Stetson - 2006 - 400 pages
...Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing, Heav'nly Muse, . . . And chiefly Thou O Spirit, . . . What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the highth of this great Argument I may assert the Eternal Providence, And justify the waves of God to...
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Delirious Milton: The Fate of the Poet in Modernity

Gordon Teskey - 2006 - 238 pages
...poet from within, giving him the power to create the ideology he has taken it upon himself to affirm: What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the heighth of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence And justify the ways of God to men....
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature

Elizabeth Kantor - 2006 - 278 pages
...can speak from his heart. Chapter Four THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY RELIGION AS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH ...what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the heighth of this great argument I may assert eternal providence. And justify the ways of God to men....
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The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant

John Hamilton Moore - 2006 - 404 pages
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The Round Towers of Ireland Or the Mysteries of Freemasonry

Henry O'Brien - 2007 - 537 pages
...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 is low, raise and support ! That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man *." * Milton....
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Be a Poet

Nancy Bogen - 2007 - 426 pages
...Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the highth of this great Argument I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men....
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