 | Philip Harwood - 1841 - 128 pages
...Samaritans, that they worshipped God under the form of a dove. This was Milton's poetical worship:— " Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty...brooding on the vast abyss. And mad'st it pregnant." Altogether it seems a natural conception, this of the spirit descending like a dove. There was mythical... | |
 | 1843 - 350 pages
...chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer, Before all temples, the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st. Thou, from the first, Wast present,...support ; That, to the height of this great argument, I may assert eternal providence, And justify the ways of God to men. — Say first, for Heaven hides... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the lir-i ion*. A work so full with various learning fraught, So nicely ponder'd, v I may assert eternal Providence, •> And justify the ways of God to men. Say first, for Heaven hides... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast present, und, f [a ̯ ĐLj S may assort eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Say first, for Heaven hides nothing... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1843 - 592 pages
...And chiefly thou, О Spirit, lhat dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st : Thou from the first Wast present,...abyss , And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark 172 173 :o!ombe tu couvas l'immense abîme et tu le ren..« fécond. Illumine en moi ce qui est obscur,... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present,...Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And madest it pregnant: what in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support; That to the height... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1843 - 554 pages
...And chiefly thon, О Spirit, that dost prefer Before nil temples the upright heart und pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast present,...outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And rrmd'nl it pregnant ; what in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support ; That to the height... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - 1844 - 336 pages
...that dost prefer Before all temples, th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st : Tbou from the first "Wast present, and with mighty wings...support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal providence, And justify, the ways of God to men." CHAPTER II. A CRITICAL REVIEW... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 548 pages
...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,...mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine, what ie low raise and support," &c. It must be acknowledged that the subjects being the same, Milton might... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - 1844 - 324 pages
...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,...brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what iame is dark,. ' . Illumine ; what is low raise and support; That to the height of this great argument... | |
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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... 
