 | 1866 - 376 pages
...sing, f That he our deadly forfeit should release, And with his Father work us a perpetual peace. n. That glorious form, that light unsufferable, And that...far-beaming blaze of majesty, Wherewith he wont at heav'n's high council-table To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, 11 He laid aside ; and here with us to... | |
 | John Milton - 1866 - 358 pages
...did sing, i That he our deadly forfeit should release, And with his father work us a perpetual peace. That glorious form, that light unsufFerable, And that...far-beaming blaze of majesty, Wherewith he wont at heav'n's high council-table To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, He laid aside; and here with us to be,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1867 - 548 pages
...form, that light unsufferable, And that far-beaming blaze of maje^tv. Wherewith he wont at Heav'n's high council-table To sit the midst of Trinal Unity,...And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay. Say, heav'nly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein Afford a present to the Infant God ? Hast thou no verse,... | |
 | Everett F. Harrison - 1968 - 294 pages
...BIRTH That glorious form, that light insufferable, And that far-beaming blaze of majesty. Wherewith lie wont at heaven's high council-table , To sit the midst...And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay, —John Milton THE FIRST BOOK OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IN THE GREEK TRANS LAtion contains the statement:... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pages
...Everyone shares the story, how the Son laid aside the majesty that was his due as part of Trinal Unity, and here with us to be, Forsook the Courts of everlasting Day, And chose with us a darksom House of mortal Clay. [12-14] How can we express our gratitude for this gift of the Almighty?... | |
 | Bette Charlene Werner - 1986 - 328 pages
...appears in diminished form, a faint reminder of divinity put aside. Blake pictures one who has given up "That glorious Form, that Light unsufferable, / And that far-beaming blaze of Majesty" and left the courts of everlasting day to share with man the "darksom House of mortal Clay."-" The... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - 1993 - 372 pages
...interpretation of kenosis in Philippians 2:6-8,27 which we see reflected in 1629 in the "Nativity Ode": "That glorious Form, that Light unsufferable, / And that far-beaming blaze of Majesty, / Wherwith he wont at Heav'ns high Councel-Table, / To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, / He laid aside"... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 pages
...unsufferable, And that far-beaming blaze of Majesty, Wherewith He wont at Heaven's high council-table 10 To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, He laid aside; and...day, And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay.3 Say, Heavenly Muse,4 shall not thy sacred vein Afford a present to the Infant God? Hast thou... | |
 | Betty Travitsky, Anne Lake Prescott - 2000 - 440 pages
...prophets such as Isaiah. Wherewith he wont at Heav'n's high council table, To sit the midst of trinai unity,* He laid aside; and, here -with us to be, Forsook...And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay. Ill Say, heav 'nly muse, shall not thy sacred vein Afford a present to the infant God!1 Hast thou no... | |
 | Patrick Cheney - 304 pages
...challenges the hybris of the ruler elevated to deity with the humility of the Christian deity who "[fjorsook the Courts of everlasting Day, / And chose with us a darksome House of mortal Clay" (14-15). Milton's conspicuous inattention to Mary as the vessel of the Incarnation distances him not... | |
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Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages once did sing, That he our deadly forfeit should release, And with his Father work us a perpetual peace. That glorious form, that light unsufferable, And that far-beaming blaze... 
