...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 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. " . CHAPTER...

...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 and support; That to the height of this great argument, I may assert ETERNAL PROVIDENCE, And justify the ways of God to man. My first...

...lowly strain, Be as the meek wild-flower's — if transient, yet not vain. XX.— PRAYER CONTINUED. "What in me is dark Illumine; what is low raise and support." MILTOH FAR are the wings of intellect astray, That strive not, Father ! to thy heavenly seat ; They...

...lowly strain, Be as the meek wild-flower's — if transient, yet not vain. XX.— PRAYER CONTINUED. " What in me is dark Illumine ; what is low raise and support." MILTOM FAR are the wings of intellect astray, That strive not, Father ! to thy heavenly seat ; They...

...first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sal'st brooding on the vast abyss. of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to mon. Say first,...

...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 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. . Say first,...

...spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st ; What in me is dark Illumine, what is low, raise and support ; That to the hight of this great argument, I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men."...

...truth, and a more assiduous practice of virtue, by that brief petition of the same gifted author ; " What in me is dark, illumine ; what is low, raise and support." Ejaculations like this seem to me to be of heavenly origin ; for both in simplicity and in strength...

...illumined the scene — the earth still slid and trembled beneath ! (Buluier's L. days of Pompeii.) .... : What in me is dark . ¡.Illumine; what is low, raise and support. ,: (Milton's Par. Lost.) But if neither you nor I can gather so much from these places, they will tell...

...prepare us for eternity ? Shame, shame, on our contracted views : well may we put up the prayer, " What in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise, and support." Will the eagle to whom God has given wings to mount to the sky, be content to wade in the mud and mire...