 | John Milton - 1852 - 330 pages
...light, offspring of heav'n first-born, Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since GOD is light, And never but in unapproached...fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of GOD, as with a mantle, didst invest in The rising world of waters... | |
 | Class-book - 1852 - 152 pages
...Eternal co- eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed? since God is Light, And never but in vmapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright...fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heav'ns thou wert ; and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 474 pages
...place of his habitation, and is directed : alights first on mount Niphates. PARADISE LOST. BOOK III, HAIL, holy Light ! offspring of heaven first-born...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...the mid hour of night — Hast gained thy entrance, virgin wise and pure. MILTON. ADDRESS TO LIGHT. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven, first-born,...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... | |
 | Scotland Church of - 1853 - 804 pages
...addressed to it the sublime apostrophe beginning — " Hail, holy light ! offspring of heaven, first-born Of the Eternal ! co-eternal Beam ! May I express Thee...thee, Bright effluence of bright Essence increate." What is true of light is true of every other object. The search after the philosopher's stone and an... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...Eternal co-eternal beam May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in un approached light Dwelt from Eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright...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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 350 pages
...coeternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? Since God is light, And never but in unapproached light 5. Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence...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... | |
 | Redmond Barry (Sir) - 1854 - 214 pages
...light! offspring of heaven, first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed 1 since God is light, And never but in unapproached...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... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...Light, offspring of heav'n first born, Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee uublam'd? Since God is Light, And never but in unapproached...fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heav'ns thou wcrt, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, did'st invest The rising world of waters... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...spirits uphold. FROM " PARADISE LOST." BOOK III. I Hail, holy light, offspring of heaveu first born, j Or of the eternal, co-eternal beam ! May I express...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence uncreate ! Or nearest thou, rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the... | |
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HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born ! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate... 
