 | John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pages
...present, and with mighty wings outspread 90 Doveliko sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And tna'lest it pregnant : What in me is dark, Illumine; what is...support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways of God to men. Say first, for Heaven hides nothing... | |
 | John Milton, James Augustus St. John - 1848 - 540 pages
...discover the same trains of thought which occur in the opening passage of " Paradise Lost :" — " What in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise...support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men." Pope, in his " Essay on Man," professes... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 540 pages
...discover the same trains of thought which occur in the opening passage of " Paradise Lost :" — " What in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise...support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men." Pope, in his " Essay on Man," professes... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou kr.ow'st; Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty...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.... | |
 | George Harris - 1849 - 540 pages
...Spirit ! that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou knowest : what in me is dark, Illumine ! what is low, raise...support ! That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men." He of Avon somewhere has it thus... | |
 | John Milton, James Prendeville - 1850 - 452 pages
...uses rhime for verse. Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for1 Thou know est : Thou from the first Wast present, and. with mighty...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 heav'n hides... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...know'st ; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings out-spread, Dove-like sat'st brooding1 on the vast abyss And mad'st it pregnant : what in...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 nothing... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 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,...outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, &m And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine : what is low, raise and support ; That, to... | |
 | 582 pages
...est; Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dovelike sat'st brooding o'er the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant. What in me...support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence. And justify the ways of God to men." " I cannot tell which is to my... | |
 | 1851 - 770 pages
...; thou from the 6rst Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding o'er the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant. What in me...support; That to the height of this great argument, 1 may assert eternal Providence, And vindicate the ways of God to men. This comparison is not made... | |
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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... 
